Question 1

What type of new energy source powered the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) coal 
B) hydroelectric 
C) natural gas 
D) electricity 
E) fuel-cells

Question 2

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 3

In most European countries, government and municipal authorities licensed and regulated prostitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A rise in female prostitution in European cities during the later nineteenth century can best be attributed to

Accepted Answer

A) heavy migration to cities by country women and their increasingly desperate struggle for urban economic survival. 
B) greater public toleration of sex workers and abandonment of all municipal efforts to police the trade. 
C) the acceptance by clergymen of the sex trade as an economic necessity for poorer women. 
D) the declining interest of men and women to form families. 
E) the decline in available husbands due to various STDs.

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) 95 percent 
B) 50 percent 
C) 10 percent 
D) 40 percent 
E) 80 percent

Question 7

Some socialists believed that Karl Marx was wrong in advocating violent revolution, arguing instead that forming political parties and participating in the democratic political process could achieve socialism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

Accepted Answer

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 9

Between 1890 and 1914, family patterns among the working class

Accepted Answer

A) emphasized child labor as an important necessity for family survival. 
B) required all women to work outside the home. 
C) allowed for dependence on the income of husbands and the wages of grown children. 
D) experienced almost no change from the earlier industrial period. 
E) were shaped by growing rates of infant mortality.

Question 10

In late nineteenth-century Europe, increased competition for foreign markets and the growing importance of domestic demand for economic development led to

Accepted Answer

A) the elimination of trade restrictions like tariffs. 
B) a strong reaction against free trade and imposition of steep protective tariffs by most nations. 
C) greater economic instability and a sequence of ever deeper economic depressions. 
D) closer economic cooperation among the great powers. 
E) greater investment by the United States in the European economy.

Question 11

Early anarchists believed all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) people were inherently good. 
B) state and society were responsible for corrupting people. 
C) violence was the best means of achieving true freedom. 
D) the state and all existing social institutions should be abolished. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 12

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

The answer of Between 1871 and 1894, two major domestic...

Question 13

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.

Question 14

Which of the following was a major development in British politics before 1914?

Accepted Answer

A) the continual growth of political democracy 
B) the peaceful and successful settlement of the "Irish question" 
C) the transformation of the Fabians into the Conservatives 
D) the reduction of the power of the House of Commons 
E) the strengthening of the monarchy after the death of Queen Victoria

Question 15

The English Reform Act of 1884

Accepted Answer

A) enfranchised women. 
B) gave English agricultural workers the right to vote. 
C) did not dramatically increase the size of the electorate. 
D) increased the total number of members in the House of Commons. 
E) increased middle-class representative in Parliament.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

By 1900, most European educational systems

Accepted Answer

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 18

By the late nineteenth century, the distinction between the middle class and the lower class had completely disappeared.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements best applies to Austria-Hungary before World War I?

Accepted Answer

A) Both Austria and Hungary had working parliamentary systems. 
B) The Magyars dominated politics in Austria under Emperor William II. 
C) The nationality problem remained unresolved. 
D) Prime minister Count Edward von Taafe was ousted in 1893 by the Slavic minorities for his failure to make concessions to them. 
E) By 1900 it had become a federal state, with seven different constitutional regions enjoying domestic self-rule.

Question 20

The Boulanger Crisis in France had the end result of

Accepted Answer

A) strengthening the monarchists. 
B) rallying French citizens to the cause of the Republic. 
C) splitting the support and allegiance of the army. 
D) causing the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. 
E) toppling the Third Republic.

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

What type of new energy source powered the Second Industrial Revolution?

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.

In most European countries, government and municipal authorities licensed and regulated prostitution.

A rise in female prostitution in European cities during the later nineteenth century can best be attributed to

Octavia Hill's housing venture was designed to

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

Some socialists believed that Karl Marx was wrong in advocating violent revolution, arguing instead that forming political parties and participating in the democratic political process could achieve socialism.

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

Between 1890 and 1914, family patterns among the working class

In late nineteenth-century Europe, increased competition for foreign markets and the growing importance of domestic demand for economic development led to

Early anarchists believed all of the following EXCEPT

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?

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

Which of the following was a major development in British politics before 1914?

The English Reform Act of 1884

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

By 1900, most European educational systems

By the late nineteenth century, the distinction between the middle class and the lower class had completely disappeared.

Which of the following statements best applies to Austria-Hungary before World War I?

The Boulanger Crisis in France had the end result of