Question 1

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-Second Industrial Revolution

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The Second Industrial Revolution, also k

Question 2

By the late nineteenth century, the middle-class had merged with the lower class, making the two indistinguishable.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-cartels

Accepted Answer

A cartel is an association of independen

Question 4

Between 1850 and 1900, Britain and Germany doubled, perhaps tripled, their national incomes, and real wages in Britain increased by two-thirds during that period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Thomas Cook

Accepted Answer

Thomas Cook was a British travel company

Question 6

The middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe

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A)  were composed mostly of shopkeepers and manufacturers who barely lived above the poverty line. 
B)  offered little opportunity for women in improving their lot. 
C)  were very concerned with propriety and shared values of hard work and Christian morality. 
D)  viewed progress with distrust as they did not wish to lose their economic gains. 
E)  were sinking in economic and social security because of the increase of plutocrats. 
A)  were composed mostly of shopkeepers and manufacturers who barely lived above the poverty line. 
B)  offered little opportunity for women in improving their lot. 
C)  were very concerned with propriety and shared values of hard work and Christian morality. 
D)  viewed progress with distrust as they did not wish to lose their economic gains. 
E)  were sinking in economic and social security because of the increase of plutocrats.

Question 7

By 1900, most European educational systems

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A)  were free and compulsory at least at the primary level. 
B)  were expensive to operate, and charged high tuition. 
C)  were backward and lacked good teachers. 
D)  still taught a "medieval" variety of subjects. 
E)  had declined because of lack of governmental interest and support. 
A)  were free and compulsory at least at the primary level. 
B)  were expensive to operate, and charged high tuition. 
C)  were backward and lacked good teachers. 
D)  still taught a "medieval" variety of subjects. 
E)  had declined because of lack of governmental interest and support.

Question 8

Between 1871 and 1894, two major domestic political issues involved the achievement of liberal practices and the growth of political democracy. To what extent were these realized in Great Britain, France, Spain, and Italy?

Accepted Answer

Between 1871 and 1894, Great Britain, Fr

Question 9

Was nineteenth century liberalism a hindrance or a help to the development of political democracy in western civilization? Be specific.

Accepted Answer

Nineteenth-century liberalism played a c

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Gottlieb Daimler

Accepted Answer

Gottlieb Daimler was a German engineer,

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Coney Island and Blackpool

Accepted Answer

Coney Island and Blackpool are both famo

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Russification

Accepted Answer

Russification is a term that refers to a

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-France's Third Republic

Accepted Answer

The Third Republic of France was the pol

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-music halls and dance halls

Accepted Answer

Music halls and dance halls have been an

Question 15

Examine the relationships between science, mechanization of industry, and social changes. Do these adaptations represent the totality of the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The relationships between science, mecha

Question 16

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

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A)  increased from 270 million to 460 million. 
B)  actually decreased slightly. 
C)  increased from 140 to 190 million. 
D)  stagnated, causing severe problems for the development of leisure industries. 
E)  declined significantly because of the pollution engendered by increasing urbanization. 
A)  increased from 270 million to 460 million. 
B)  actually decreased slightly. 
C)  increased from 140 to 190 million. 
D)  stagnated, causing severe problems for the development of leisure industries. 
E)  declined significantly because of the pollution engendered by increasing urbanization.

Question 17

Compare and contrast eastern and western Europe in the latter decades of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the latter decades of the nineteenth

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Eduard Bernstein

Accepted Answer

Eduard Bernstein was a German social dem

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Graham Bell

Accepted Answer

Graham Bell, also known as Alexander Gra

Question 20

Which one of the following was not a part of the emergence of the late nineteenth century "mass society"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the extension of voting rights to the lower classes. 
B)  diminishment of the conditions of the lower classes. 
C)  a better standard of living for the lower classes. 
D)  mass leisure. 
E)  the "weekend" became established as a time of fun. 
A)  the extension of voting rights to the lower classes. 
B)  diminishment of the conditions of the lower classes. 
C)  a better standard of living for the lower classes. 
D)  mass leisure. 
E)  the "weekend" became established as a time of fun.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Second Industrial Revolution

By the late nineteenth century, the middle-class had merged with the lower class, making the two indistinguishable.

IDENTIFICATIONS -cartels

Between 1850 and 1900, Britain and Germany doubled, perhaps tripled, their national incomes, and real wages in Britain increased by two-thirds during that period.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thomas Cook

The middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe

By 1900, most European educational systems

Between 1871 and 1894, two major domestic political issues involved the achievement of liberal practices and the growth of political democracy. To what extent were these realized in Great Britain, France, Spain, and Italy?

Was nineteenth century liberalism a hindrance or a help to the development of political democracy in western civilization? Be specific.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gottlieb Daimler

IDENTIFICATIONS -Coney Island and Blackpool

IDENTIFICATIONS -Russification

IDENTIFICATIONS -France's Third Republic

IDENTIFICATIONS -music halls and dance halls

Examine the relationships between science, mechanization of industry, and social changes. Do these adaptations represent the totality of the Second Industrial Revolution?

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

Compare and contrast eastern and western Europe in the latter decades of the nineteenth century.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Eduard Bernstein

IDENTIFICATIONS -Graham Bell

Which one of the following was not a part of the emergence of the late nineteenth century "mass society"?

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

state Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

the Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

the Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

a Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

the Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

an Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

an Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

the Beginning of the Twentieth-century Crisis: War and Revolution

the Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

the Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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