Question 1

The most transformative event in French history in the second part of the nineteenth century was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Franco-Prussian War. 
B)  1848 revolution. 
C)  Paris Commune. 
D)  Second Empire. 
E)  Crimean War. 
A)  Franco-Prussian War. 
B)  1848 revolution. 
C)  Paris Commune. 
D)  Second Empire. 
E)  Crimean War.

Question 2

Futurism,as introduced to Italy by F.T.Marinetti,was an aggressive new art movement influenced by technology and the bustle of urban life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The nineteenth-century political theory of liberalism looked to _________ to confirm its tenets.

Accepted Answer

A)  politics 
B)  science 
C)  religion 
D)  sociology 
E)  philosophy 
A)  politics 
B)  science 
C)  religion 
D)  sociology 
E)  philosophy

Question 4

European women,having attained the right to control their own property,viewed _________ as the symbol of full legal personhood.

Accepted Answer

A)  equal pay for equal work 
B)  enfranchisement 
C)  equal access to employment 
D)  economic freedom 
E)  equality under the law 
A)  equal pay for equal work 
B)  enfranchisement 
C)  equal access to employment 
D)  economic freedom 
E)  equality under the law

Question 5

The Third Republic of France was created after the fall of the Second Republic during the Sino-Prussian War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Lenin regarded revolution as the only answer to Russia's problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

Accepted Answer

Within Germany,rapid and extensive indus

Question 8

By 1914,the largest overseas buyer of food commodities was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  Germany. 
D)  France. 
E)  Russia. 
A)  the United States. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  Germany. 
D)  France. 
E)  Russia.

Question 9

Bismarck enacted several measures concerning national health legislation because:

Accepted Answer

A)  the liberals demanded it. 
B)  his ethical standards were high and he saw legislation as his Christian duty. 
C)  Germany was experiencing a typhoid epidemic. 
D)  reports showed that the German population was seriously undernourished. 
E)  he wanted to win the loyalty of the German working class. 
A)  the liberals demanded it. 
B)  his ethical standards were high and he saw legislation as his Christian duty. 
C)  Germany was experiencing a typhoid epidemic. 
D)  reports showed that the German population was seriously undernourished. 
E)  he wanted to win the loyalty of the German working class.

Question 10

After the turn of the twentieth century,some artists "sought an antidote to fin-de-siècle malaise" by looking:

Accepted Answer

A)  toward the future with new techniques and mediums. 
B)  inward,making art reflective and personal. 
C)  to the Western classical age,creating a new neoclassical style. 
D)  backward,to so-called primitive cultures. 
E)  outward,to demonstrate that "art" was dead. 
A)  toward the future with new techniques and mediums. 
B)  inward,making art reflective and personal. 
C)  to the Western classical age,creating a new neoclassical style. 
D)  backward,to so-called primitive cultures. 
E)  outward,to demonstrate that "art" was dead.

Question 11

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Dreyfus Affair openly addressed a wa

Question 12

Mass consumption was one of the greatest changes in the second industrial revolution as the traditional buying habits of the consumer both within and outside urban areas were quickly changed and society became much less stratified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 1903,Emmeline Pankhurst:

Accepted Answer

A)  founded the Women's Social and Political Union. 
B)  was killed when she threw herself under the king's horse at the Derby. 
C)  delivered a speech before Parliament denouncing the suffragette movement. 
D)  was murdered during a socialist rally in London. 
E)  secured the right to vote for women in Britain by royal decree. 
A)  founded the Women's Social and Political Union. 
B)  was killed when she threw herself under the king's horse at the Derby. 
C)  delivered a speech before Parliament denouncing the suffragette movement. 
D)  was murdered during a socialist rally in London. 
E)  secured the right to vote for women in Britain by royal decree.

Question 14

The Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck was a campaign waged against the:

Accepted Answer

A)  socialists. 
B)  Catholics. 
C)  Lutherans. 
D)  communists. 
E)  Volksdeutsche. 
A)  socialists. 
B)  Catholics. 
C)  Lutherans. 
D)  communists. 
E)  Volksdeutsche.

Question 15

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,culture entered a new era that has been labeled as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mannerism. 
B)  Baroque. 
C)  structuralism. 
D)  Modernism. 
E)  pop art. 
A)  Mannerism. 
B)  Baroque. 
C)  structuralism. 
D)  Modernism. 
E)  pop art.

Question 16

Irish home rule was debated for many years in the British Parliament and had support from the Irish Parliamentary Party in the last decades of the nineteenth century,but by the end of the century,a more radical position calling for full independence was revived by the militant political organization called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ulster Unionists. 
B)  Orangemen. 
C)  Irish Republican Brotherhood. 
D)  Ó Clérigh Lughaidh. 
E)  Ulster Volunteers. 
A)  Ulster Unionists. 
B)  Orangemen. 
C)  Irish Republican Brotherhood. 
D)  Ó Clérigh Lughaidh. 
E)  Ulster Volunteers.

Question 17

What was modernism,and how did it reflect the changes in society during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Modernism encompasses many different and

Question 18

Technological advances in Europe,matched by advances in medicine and agriculture,brought about a period of renewed growth in the nineteenth century known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Era of Good Feelings. 
B)  technological revolution. 
C)  second industrial revolution. 
D)  manufacturing revolution. 
E)  information revolution. 
A)  Era of Good Feelings. 
B)  technological revolution. 
C)  second industrial revolution. 
D)  manufacturing revolution. 
E)  information revolution.

Question 19

By the early twentieth century,many European socialists were beginning to doubt some of the core assumptions of Marxist doctrine.In Germany,these "revisionists" were led by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Eduard Bernstein. 
B)  Friedrich Engels. 
C)  Elmer Bernstein. 
D)  Thurston Veblen. 
E)  Friedrich Nietzsche. 
A)  Eduard Bernstein. 
B)  Friedrich Engels. 
C)  Elmer Bernstein. 
D)  Thurston Veblen. 
E)  Friedrich Nietzsche.

Question 20

In what ways were traditional Victorian gender roles for women redefined in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The campaign for women's suffrage and it

Exam 23: Modern Industry and Mass Politics,1870–1914

The most transformative event in French history in the second part of the nineteenth century was the:

Futurism,as introduced to Italy by F.T.Marinetti,was an aggressive new art movement influenced by technology and the bustle of urban life.

The nineteenth-century political theory of liberalism looked to _________ to confirm its tenets.

European women,having attained the right to control their own property,viewed _________ as the symbol of full legal personhood.

The Third Republic of France was created after the fall of the Second Republic during the Sino-Prussian War.

Lenin regarded revolution as the only answer to Russia's problems.

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

By 1914,the largest overseas buyer of food commodities was:

Bismarck enacted several measures concerning national health legislation because:

After the turn of the twentieth century,some artists "sought an antidote to fin-de-siècle malaise" by looking:

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

Mass consumption was one of the greatest changes in the second industrial revolution as the traditional buying habits of the consumer both within and outside urban areas were quickly changed and society became much less stratified.

In 1903,Emmeline Pankhurst:

The Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck was a campaign waged against the:

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,culture entered a new era that has been labeled as:

What was modernism,and how did it reflect the changes in society during the late nineteenth century?

Technological advances in Europe,matched by advances in medicine and agriculture,brought about a period of renewed growth in the nineteenth century known as the:

By the early twentieth century,many European socialists were beginning to doubt some of the core assumptions of Marxist doctrine.In Germany,these "revisionists" were led by:

In what ways were traditional Victorian gender roles for women redefined in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

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