Question 1

Who amongst the following was key to the development of the automobile?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Ford 
B)  T. Boone Pickens 
C)  Nelson D. Rockefeller 
D)  Walter Chrysler 
E)  Gottlieb Daimler 
A)  Henry Ford 
B)  T. Boone Pickens 
C)  Nelson D. Rockefeller 
D)  Walter Chrysler 
E)  Gottlieb Daimler

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel

Accepted Answer

Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel were

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Social Democratic Party

Accepted Answer

The Social Democratic Party is a politic

Question 4

By 1900, in which one of the following countries had full literacy not been achieved?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  France. 
D)  Denmark. 
E)  Bulgaria. 
A)  Germany. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  France. 
D)  Denmark. 
E)  Bulgaria.

Question 5

The largest segment of European society in the nineteenth century was composed of

Accepted Answer

A)  skilled artisans such as cigar makers and cabinet makers. 
B)  peasant landholders, unskilled day laborers, and domestic servants. 
C)  semi-skilled laborers such as carpenters and bricklayers. 
D)  urban workers in eastern Europe and peasants in western Europe. 
E)  lower middle class urbanites. 
A)  skilled artisans such as cigar makers and cabinet makers. 
B)  peasant landholders, unskilled day laborers, and domestic servants. 
C)  semi-skilled laborers such as carpenters and bricklayers. 
D)  urban workers in eastern Europe and peasants in western Europe. 
E)  lower middle class urbanites.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Alexander III and Nicholas II

Accepted Answer

Alexander III and Nicholas II were both

Question 7

Which statement best applies to the Germany under chancellor Otto von Bismarck?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prussia lost much of its influence on state politics. 
B)  Coalitions were used by Bismarck to get what he wanted and then he dropped them. 
C)  Socialism was almost completely stamped out by the Prussian army. 
D)  Almost all regional differences disappeared under the charismatic leadership of Bismarck. 
E)  The emperor became merely a figurehead and lacked any political power and influence. 
A)  Prussia lost much of its influence on state politics. 
B)  Coalitions were used by Bismarck to get what he wanted and then he dropped them. 
C)  Socialism was almost completely stamped out by the Prussian army. 
D)  Almost all regional differences disappeared under the charismatic leadership of Bismarck. 
E)  The emperor became merely a figurehead and lacked any political power and influence.

Question 8

Splits between the French working and middle classes

Accepted Answer

A)  were largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. 
B)  enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. 
C)  led to a strong parliamentary system of government. 
D)  were further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. 
E)  ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival. 
A)  were largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. 
B)  enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. 
C)  led to a strong parliamentary system of government. 
D)  were further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. 
E)  ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cuba and the Philippines

Accepted Answer

Cuba and the Philippines are both island

Question 10

What do we mean by the phrase "mass society" and how was the growth of this mass society related to changes in the urban environment?

Accepted Answer

The phrase "mass society" refers to a so

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bismarck's welfare legislation

Accepted Answer

Bismarck's welfare legislation refers to

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Spanish-American War

Accepted Answer

The Spanish-American War was a conflict

Question 13

After 1870, who replaced Great Britain as the leading industrial power in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  France. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Holland. 
E)  Russia. 
A)  France. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Holland. 
E)  Russia.

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Commune

Accepted Answer

The Commune was a radical socialist and

Question 15

Under the chancellorship of Bismarck, Germany

Accepted Answer

A)  realized the growth of a real democracy through universal male suffrage. 
B)  passed social welfare legislation to woo workers away from the Social Democrats. 
C)  engaged in the Kulturkampf or crusade to make Catholicism Germany's national religion. 
D)  maintained a military second only to that of France on the Continent. 
E)  continued to threaten to invade its neighbors. 
A)  realized the growth of a real democracy through universal male suffrage. 
B)  passed social welfare legislation to woo workers away from the Social Democrats. 
C)  engaged in the Kulturkampf or crusade to make Catholicism Germany's national religion. 
D)  maintained a military second only to that of France on the Continent. 
E)  continued to threaten to invade its neighbors.

Question 16

Louis Napoleon's Second Empire was brought to an end by

Accepted Answer

A)  France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. 
B)  the emperor's financial policies. 
C)  his choice of poor administrators. 
D)  his defeat by the Austrians. 
E)  the unpopularity of his marriage to Empress Eugenie. 
A)  France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. 
B)  the emperor's financial policies. 
C)  his choice of poor administrators. 
D)  his defeat by the Austrians. 
E)  the unpopularity of his marriage to Empress Eugenie.

Question 17

Which one of the following did not lead the way to new industrial frontiers during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  steel 
B)  petroleum 
C)  electricity 
D)  chemicals 
E)  textiles 
A)  steel 
B)  petroleum 
C)  electricity 
D)  chemicals 
E)  textiles

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"yellow press"

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-"yellow press"...

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-plutocrats

Accepted Answer

Plutocrats are individuals who are extre

Question 20

Octavia Hill's housing venture was designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  give the poor an environment they could use to improve themselves. 
B)  give the poor charity since they could never help themselves. 
C)  let the wealthy know what it was like to be poor. 
D)  break down class barriers in London. 
E)  make the upper classes feel better and improve their self-esteem by doing something for the downtrodden of society. 
A)  give the poor an environment they could use to improve themselves. 
B)  give the poor charity since they could never help themselves. 
C)  let the wealthy know what it was like to be poor. 
D)  break down class barriers in London. 
E)  make the upper classes feel better and improve their self-esteem by doing something for the downtrodden of society.

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

Who amongst the following was key to the development of the automobile?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel

IDENTIFICATIONS -Social Democratic Party

By 1900, in which one of the following countries had full literacy not been achieved?

The largest segment of European society in the nineteenth century was composed of

IDENTIFICATIONS -Alexander III and Nicholas II

Which statement best applies to the Germany under chancellor Otto von Bismarck?

Splits between the French working and middle classes

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cuba and the Philippines

What do we mean by the phrase "mass society" and how was the growth of this mass society related to changes in the urban environment?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bismarck's welfare legislation

IDENTIFICATIONS -Spanish-American War

After 1870, who replaced Great Britain as the leading industrial power in Europe?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Commune

Under the chancellorship of Bismarck, Germany

Louis Napoleon's Second Empire was brought to an end by

Which one of the following did not lead the way to new industrial frontiers during the Second Industrial Revolution?

IDENTIFICATIONS -"yellow press"

IDENTIFICATIONS -plutocrats

Octavia Hill's housing venture was designed to

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