Question 1

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

Accepted Answer

A)  the newspaper and novel. 
B)  the excessive consumption of alcohol. 
C)  the theater. 
D)  carnival. 
E)  professional sports. 
A)  the newspaper and novel. 
B)  the excessive consumption of alcohol. 
C)  the theater. 
D)  carnival. 
E)  professional sports.

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Reichstag

Accepted Answer

The Reichstag is the historic parliament

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Consuelo Vanderbilt

Accepted Answer

Consuelo Vanderbilt was an American soci

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan were both

Question 5

Industrialization in Japan was the result of

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A)  private investment and initiative. 
B)  European colonization. 
C)  socialist planning on the Marxist model. 
D)  government planning and initiative. 
E)  ambitious former samurai. 
A)  private investment and initiative. 
B)  European colonization. 
C)  socialist planning on the Marxist model. 
D)  government planning and initiative. 
E)  ambitious former samurai.

Question 6

Which one of the following pairings does not accurately present a nation of origin with its leading export item bound for Europe?

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A)  Argentina and beef. 
B)  Brazil and coffee. 
C)  Chile and gold. 
D)  Algeria and iron. 
E)  Java and sugar. 
A)  Argentina and beef. 
B)  Brazil and coffee. 
C)  Chile and gold. 
D)  Algeria and iron. 
E)  Java and sugar.

Question 7

Daughters in European working-class families

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A)  were fully expected to work until marriage. 
B)  by long custom, were kept at home until of age to marry. 
C)  were barred from working by state law in many countries. 
D)  had traditionally never shown an interest in working either before or after marriage. 
E)  enrolled in vocational schools until marriage and then entered the work-place. 
A)  were fully expected to work until marriage. 
B)  by long custom, were kept at home until of age to marry. 
C)  were barred from working by state law in many countries. 
D)  had traditionally never shown an interest in working either before or after marriage. 
E)  enrolled in vocational schools until marriage and then entered the work-place.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-William II

Accepted Answer

William II, also known as William Rufus,

Question 9

In a cartel

Accepted Answer

A)  a vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. 
B)  independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. 
C)  independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. 
D)  private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. 
E)  dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs. 
A)  a vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. 
B)  independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. 
C)  independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. 
D)  private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. 
E)  dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-V.A. Huber

Accepted Answer

V.A. Huber, also known as Victor A. Hube

Question 11

Anarchist movements were most successful in

Accepted Answer

A)  industrialized countries like Great Britain and Germany. 
B)  toppling national governments through assassinations. 
C)  restoring legitimacy to radical movements through peaceful dialogue with political opponents. 
D)  less industrialized and less democratic countries where ordinary people could see no hope of peaceful political change. 
E)  countries with revolutionary traditions like France. 
A)  industrialized countries like Great Britain and Germany. 
B)  toppling national governments through assassinations. 
C)  restoring legitimacy to radical movements through peaceful dialogue with political opponents. 
D)  less industrialized and less democratic countries where ordinary people could see no hope of peaceful political change. 
E)  countries with revolutionary traditions like France.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-white-collar jobs

Accepted Answer

White-collar jobs refer to professional

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-sweatshops and "sweating"

Accepted Answer

Sweatshops and "sweating" are terms used

Question 14

By 1914, what percentage of Britain's population lived in cities?

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A)  100 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  10 percent 
D)  40 percent 
E)  80 percent 
A)  100 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  10 percent 
D)  40 percent 
E)  80 percent

Question 15

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The chief cause of rising European populations between 1850 and 1880 was

Accepted Answer

A)  a rising birthrate. 
B)  a declining mortality rate. 
C)  better childhood immunization programs. 
D)  better human diet in a consumer economy. 
E)  dramatic improvements in urban sanitation. 
A)  a rising birthrate. 
B)  a declining mortality rate. 
C)  better childhood immunization programs. 
D)  better human diet in a consumer economy. 
E)  dramatic improvements in urban sanitation.

Question 17

Because of the increased employment opportunities for women as clerks, typists, secretaries, and salesclerks, prostitution almost entirely disappeared from Europe's largest cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

How were the promises and problems of the new mass society reflected in education and leisure?

Accepted Answer

The promises and problems of the new mas

Question 19

An issue that brought socialists together in the nineteenth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  nationalism. 
B)  revisionism. 
C)  the need for military action. 
D)  the desire to improve working and living conditions for most workers. 
E)  a fear that Marxism would submerge the socialist alternatives. 
A)  nationalism. 
B)  revisionism. 
C)  the need for military action. 
D)  the desire to improve working and living conditions for most workers. 
E)  a fear that Marxism would submerge the socialist alternatives.

Question 20

The "father" of tourism in England was

Accepted Answer

A)  David Lloyd-George. 
B)  Thomas Cook. 
C)  John Boothe. 
D)  Frederick Cartwright. 
E)  W. G. Grace. 
A)  David Lloyd-George. 
B)  Thomas Cook. 
C)  John Boothe. 
D)  Frederick Cartwright. 
E)  W. G. Grace.

Exam 23: mass Society in an "Age of Progress," 1871-1894

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Reichstag

IDENTIFICATIONS -Consuelo Vanderbilt

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan

Industrialization in Japan was the result of

Which one of the following pairings does not accurately present a nation of origin with its leading export item bound for Europe?

Daughters in European working-class families

IDENTIFICATIONS -William II

In a cartel

IDENTIFICATIONS -V.A. Huber

Anarchist movements were most successful in

IDENTIFICATIONS -white-collar jobs

IDENTIFICATIONS -sweatshops and "sweating"

By 1914, what percentage of Britain's population lived in cities?

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

The chief cause of rising European populations between 1850 and 1880 was

Because of the increased employment opportunities for women as clerks, typists, secretaries, and salesclerks, prostitution almost entirely disappeared from Europe's largest cities.

How were the promises and problems of the new mass society reflected in education and leisure?

An issue that brought socialists together in the nineteenth century was

The "father" of tourism in England was

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