Question 1

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Dreyfus Affair openly addressed a wave of anti-Semitism that was present in Europe.It polarized Europe and especially French politics.After six years of hostility and controversy,Dreyfus,a French captain wrongfully accused of selling military secrets to Germany,was cleared of all guilt and reinstated,but the consequences were heavy.The first was the separation of church and state in France.Republicans were convinced that the church and army were hostile to the republic.Clerics were forbidden from teaching in schools and for the first time since Charlemagne had enlisted France to act as the protector of the church.Church and state were legally separated.The radical right did not take this separation easily.The mayor of Vienna was elected on an anti-Semitism platform,and new literary works were published exposing an imagined Jewish plot to dominate the world.Several Jews were framed by other European governments,and Drumont,along with others,linked nationalism to the new cause in which social and political issues were cast in racial terms.A response to this threat was a new movement that arose across Europe,Zionism,which called for a homeland for the Jews in which they could be safe from anti-Semitism.

Question 2

Although discovered much earlier,the development of electricity in the late 1800s led to all of the following except:

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A) new techniques in the chemical industry. 
B) electrification of metropolitan areas. 
C) improvements in subway systems. 
D) changes in the living habits of ordinary people. 
E) a dramatic improvement in air quality. 
A) new techniques in the chemical industry. 
B) electrification of metropolitan areas. 
C) improvements in subway systems. 
D) changes in the living habits of ordinary people. 
E) a dramatic improvement in air quality. E

Question 3

Under the Russian Tsar Nicholas II,Russification:

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A) extended the language and culture of Greater Russia over all non-Russian subjects. 
B) was not accomplished by coercion or physical oppression. 
C) was intended to destroy the populist movement. 
D) did not involve pogroms. 
E) was a program the tsar implemented as part of the process to become a naturalized Russian citizen. 
A) extended the language and culture of Greater Russia over all non-Russian subjects. 
B) was not accomplished by coercion or physical oppression. 
C) was intended to destroy the populist movement. 
D) did not involve pogroms. 
E) was a program the tsar implemented as part of the process to become a naturalized Russian citizen. A

Question 4

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

Accepted Answer

Within Germany,rapid and extensive indus

Question 5

David Lloyd George:

Accepted Answer

A) was a conservative member of the House of Lords. 
B) founded the Independent Labor Party in 1901. 
C) proposed a controversial budget in 1909 that included a progressive income tax. 
D) was responsible for passage of the Second Reform Bill. 
E) blocked consideration of the League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference. 
A) was a conservative member of the House of Lords. 
B) founded the Independent Labor Party in 1901. 
C) proposed a controversial budget in 1909 that included a progressive income tax. 
D) was responsible for passage of the Second Reform Bill. 
E) blocked consideration of the League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference.

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

Founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union (WSPU),an organization that adopted tactics of militancy and civil disobedience:

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A) Millicent Fawcett. 
B) Emmeline Pankhurst. 
C) Clara Zetkin. 
D) Lily Braun. 
E) Emily Davison. 
A) Millicent Fawcett. 
B) Emmeline Pankhurst. 
C) Clara Zetkin. 
D) Lily Braun. 
E) Emily Davison.

Question 8

A powerful new tool of a general strike of all industrial workers was proposed by the syndicalists,who argued that it would do more to bring down the state than electoral politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In the 1870s and 1880s,British women established their own colleges a Cambridge and Oxford.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

France's Third Republic of 1815:

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A) was formed after a French victory in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. 
B) witnessed the rise of new forms of negative right-wing politics. 
C) found its strongest support from French Liberals and Catholics. 
D) was allied with strongest support came for the Commune,the workers of Paris. 
E) allowed socialists to hold public office. 
A) was formed after a French victory in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. 
B) witnessed the rise of new forms of negative right-wing politics. 
C) found its strongest support from French Liberals and Catholics. 
D) was allied with strongest support came for the Commune,the workers of Paris. 
E) allowed socialists to hold public office.

Question 11

By 1884,Germany,France,and Britain had extended voting rights most broadly,but even in those countries,the members of society who continued to be denied the vote as a group were:

Accepted Answer

A) women. 
B) workers. 
C) clerics. 
D) soldiers. 
E) slaves. 
A) women. 
B) workers. 
C) clerics. 
D) soldiers. 
E) slaves.

Question 12

Why did the industrial and social changes of the nineteenth century destabilize Russia?

Accepted Answer

The changes that had swept through Europ

Question 13

Sigmund Freud argued that mental disorders are caused by:

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A) mental images created during our dream states. 
B) physiological responses to environmental stimuli. 
C) chemical imbalances in the brain. 
D) a conflict between natural drives and cultural restraints. 
E) a lack of environmental restraints of people's actions. 
A) mental images created during our dream states. 
B) physiological responses to environmental stimuli. 
C) chemical imbalances in the brain. 
D) a conflict between natural drives and cultural restraints. 
E) a lack of environmental restraints of people's actions.

Question 14

In general,the syndicalists:

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A) made advances in Britain,but not Italy,France,or Spain. 
B) like the socialists,had great faith in the political process. 
C) demanded that workers share in the ownership and control of the means of production. 
D) argued that the associations and the state could work together. 
E) became the model for labor organizations in the United States. 
A) made advances in Britain,but not Italy,France,or Spain. 
B) like the socialists,had great faith in the political process. 
C) demanded that workers share in the ownership and control of the means of production. 
D) argued that the associations and the state could work together. 
E) became the model for labor organizations in the United States.

Question 15

What gains were made by the Russian revolution of 1905? Why were these gains not enough to complete Russia's transition to a modern nation?

Accepted Answer

The revolt of 1905 showed the advisers t

Question 16

Published in 1903 and 1905,The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion:

Accepted Answer

A) was forged by the Russian secret police and detailed a Jewish plot to dominate the world. 
B) demonstrated that Jews and Christians could live together in peace. 
C) was written by Alfred Dreyfus. 
D) defended the economic interests of the Rothschild banking family. 
E) set out the Zionists' proposal to establish a Jewish state. 
A) was forged by the Russian secret police and detailed a Jewish plot to dominate the world. 
B) demonstrated that Jews and Christians could live together in peace. 
C) was written by Alfred Dreyfus. 
D) defended the economic interests of the Rothschild banking family. 
E) set out the Zionists' proposal to establish a Jewish state.

Question 17

Conditioning,as developed by Ivan Pavlov,became a part of the psychological school of:

Accepted Answer

A) analytical realism. 
B) reflexology. 
C) behaviorism. 
D) Cartesian dualism. 
E) conditioned response. 
A) analytical realism. 
B) reflexology. 
C) behaviorism. 
D) Cartesian dualism. 
E) conditioned response.

Question 18

In 1864,Pope Pius IX issued the Syllabus of Folly condemning what he regarded as the principal religious and philosophical errors of the time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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 20

In response to the growing materialism and free thought in the world,Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical entitled:

Accepted Answer

A) Ecce Homo. 
B) Mistakes of the Modern World. 
C) Unum Sanctum. 
D) Syllabus of Errors. 
E) Humanae Vitae. 
A) Ecce Homo. 
B) Mistakes of the Modern World. 
C) Unum Sanctum. 
D) Syllabus of Errors. 
E) Humanae Vitae.

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

Although discovered much earlier,the development of electricity in the late 1800s led to all of the following except:

Under the Russian Tsar Nicholas II,Russification:

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

David Lloyd George:

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

Founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union (WSPU),an organization that adopted tactics of militancy and civil disobedience:

A powerful new tool of a general strike of all industrial workers was proposed by the syndicalists,who argued that it would do more to bring down the state than electoral politics.

In the 1870s and 1880s,British women established their own colleges a Cambridge and Oxford.

France's Third Republic of 1815:

By 1884,Germany,France,and Britain had extended voting rights most broadly,but even in those countries,the members of society who continued to be denied the vote as a group were:

Why did the industrial and social changes of the nineteenth century destabilize Russia?

Sigmund Freud argued that mental disorders are caused by:

In general,the syndicalists:

What gains were made by the Russian revolution of 1905? Why were these gains not enough to complete Russia's transition to a modern nation?

Published in 1903 and 1905,The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion:

Conditioning,as developed by Ivan Pavlov,became a part of the psychological school of:

In 1864,Pope Pius IX issued the Syllabus of Folly condemning what he regarded as the principal religious and philosophical errors of the time.

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

In response to the growing materialism and free thought in the world,Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical entitled:

The Medieval World, 1250-1350

Rebirth and Unrest, 1350-1453

Innovation and Exploration, 1453-1533

The Age of Dissent and Division, 1500-1564

Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550-1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism, 1660-1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe During the Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

The Age of Ideologies: Europe in the Aftermath of Revolution, 1815-1848

Revolutions and Nation Building, 1848-1871

Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870-1914

The First World War

Turmoil Between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics, economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: the End of the Cold War, 1960-1990

A World Without Walls: Globalization and the West

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Exam 14: Modern Industry and Mass Politics, 1870-1914

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

Although discovered much earlier,the development of electricity in the late 1800s led to all of the following except:

Under the Russian Tsar Nicholas II,Russification:

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

David Lloyd George:

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

Founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union (WSPU),an organization that adopted tactics of militancy and civil disobedience:

A powerful new tool of a general strike of all industrial workers was proposed by the syndicalists,who argued that it would do more to bring down the state than electoral politics.

In the 1870s and 1880s,British women established their own colleges a Cambridge and Oxford.

France's Third Republic of 1815:

By 1884,Germany,France,and Britain had extended voting rights most broadly,but even in those countries,the members of society who continued to be denied the vote as a group were:

Why did the industrial and social changes of the nineteenth century destabilize Russia?

Sigmund Freud argued that mental disorders are caused by:

In general,the syndicalists:

What gains were made by the Russian revolution of 1905? Why were these gains not enough to complete Russia's transition to a modern nation?

Published in 1903 and 1905,The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion:

Conditioning,as developed by Ivan Pavlov,became a part of the psychological school of:

In 1864,Pope Pius IX issued the Syllabus of Folly condemning what he regarded as the principal religious and philosophical errors of the time.

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

In response to the growing materialism and free thought in the world,Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical entitled:

The Medieval World, 1250-1350

Rebirth and Unrest, 1350-1453

Innovation and Exploration, 1453-1533

The Age of Dissent and Division, 1500-1564

Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550-1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism, 1660-1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe During the Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

The Age of Ideologies: Europe in the Aftermath of Revolution, 1815-1848

Revolutions and Nation Building, 1848-1871

Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870-1914

The First World War

Turmoil Between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics, economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: the End of the Cold War, 1960-1990

A World Without Walls: Globalization and the West

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