Question 1

In Austria,the Habsburg emperor referred to the revolution of 1848 as:

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A)  "a fight for the survival of the Austrian people." 
B)  "the death blow to all European radicals." 
C)  "the final chapter of the French Revolution." 
D)  "a holy struggle against anarchy." 
E)  "a holy war against Russian orthodoxy."

Question 2

Why did the Frankfurt Assembly not meet with the same success as the French in 1789?

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Question 3

The leader of the British abolition movement of the nineteenth century was:

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A)  Benjamin Disraeli. 
B)  William Wilberforce. 
C)  John Stuart Mill. 
D)  John Newton. 
E)  William Newman.

Question 4

The decree emancipating 22 million Russian serfs in 1861:

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A)  produced limited change and was difficult to enforce. 
B)  contained no provision for the compensation of landowners. 
C)  turned a nation of agricultural laborers into a nation of farmers. 
D)  reduced the power of the mire, or peasant commune. 
E)  led to the rapid industrialization of Russia due to the increased number of newly created factory workers.

Question 5

During the Crimean War,the advances of medicine and improved camp conditions resulted in very few deaths for the French and English troops from diseases such as typhus or cholera,which usually took as many lives as the actual battles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What made the third quarter of the nineteenth century so transformative for the Western world?

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Question 7

The Crimean War was,in essence,a response to the collapse of the Ottoman empire.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

One result of the Seven Weeks' War in 1866 was that:

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A)  the weakness of the Prussian military was revealed. 
B)  Austria was forced to give up all claims to Schleswig and Holstein. 
C)  the power of the German Confederation was enlarged. 
D)  the Ottomans were finally pushed out of the Crimean Peninsula. 
E)  the Danes became a subject people of the Prussians.

Question 9

Compare and contrast the efforts of Garibaldi and Cavour to establish Italian unity.

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Question 10

Lajos Kossuth:

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A)  sought independence and a parliamentary government for Hungary. 
B)  was a Polish radical. 
C)  became an outspoken critic of pan-Slavism. 
D)  fought for a united Czech nation. 
E)  fought for the unification of Germany.

Question 11

Compare and contrast the problems Russia and the United States experienced in their nation building.

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Question 12

The abolition of the slave trade in America and Europe stopped the transport of slaves to markets,though it did not emancipate those already in service.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Slavery was an issue:

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A)  in Spanish America. 
B)  for the British. 
C)  in the United States. 
D)  in Brazil. 
E)  all of these

Question 14

Central to the Jeffersonian Revolution was:

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A)  opposition to a national religion. 
B)  opposition to special privilege based on birth. 
C)  a dependency on free, independent farmers. 
D)  territorial expansion. 
E)  all of these

Question 15

In what ways did the Crimean War change warfare?

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Question 16

Education was a goal of the Prussian reformers prior to 1848.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Bismarck's policies can best be understood as:

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A)  an extension of the Congress of Vienna. 
B)  his attempt to bring lasting peace to Europe. 
C)  an example of his desire to restore the monarchy of Prussia. 
D)  an illustration of his desire for power and influence for Prussia. 
E)  an expression of his quest for personal power and wealth.

Question 18

The term Manifest Destiny was used to express the desire of many to see:

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A)  the United States overspread the continent. 
B)  slavery in the United States continue forever. 
C)  the United States take its rightful place among the European imperial powers. 
D)  Russia expand from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific and from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. 
E)  the British establish themselves around the world so that the sun would never set on their empire.

Question 19

The Frankfurt Assembly argued two separate configurations for a united Germany: a "Great Germany" to include all Germans and a "Small Germany" to include all Germans with the exception of those:

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A)  in the South German Confederation. 
B)  in the North German Confederation. 
C)  in the Habsburg empire. 
D)  Germans living in Poland. 
E)  Germans living in Prussia.

Question 20

The Haitian Revolution,though freeing the slaves of Saint-Domingue,had the consequence of expanding slavery in the United States and Brazil.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: What Is a Nation? Territories,States,and Citizens,1848–1871

In Austria,the Habsburg emperor referred to the revolution of 1848 as:

Why did the Frankfurt Assembly not meet with the same success as the French in 1789?

The leader of the British abolition movement of the nineteenth century was:

The decree emancipating 22 million Russian serfs in 1861:

During the Crimean War,the advances of medicine and improved camp conditions resulted in very few deaths for the French and English troops from diseases such as typhus or cholera,which usually took as many lives as the actual battles.

What made the third quarter of the nineteenth century so transformative for the Western world?

The Crimean War was,in essence,a response to the collapse of the Ottoman empire.

One result of the Seven Weeks' War in 1866 was that:

Compare and contrast the efforts of Garibaldi and Cavour to establish Italian unity.

Lajos Kossuth:

Compare and contrast the problems Russia and the United States experienced in their nation building.

The abolition of the slave trade in America and Europe stopped the transport of slaves to markets,though it did not emancipate those already in service.

Slavery was an issue:

Central to the Jeffersonian Revolution was:

In what ways did the Crimean War change warfare?

Education was a goal of the Prussian reformers prior to 1848.

Bismarck's policies can best be understood as:

The term Manifest Destiny was used to express the desire of many to see:

The Frankfurt Assembly argued two separate configurations for a united Germany: a "Great Germany" to include all Germans and a "Small Germany" to include all Germans with the exception of those:

The Haitian Revolution,though freeing the slaves of Saint-Domingue,had the consequence of expanding slavery in the United States and Brazil.