Question 1

White-collar jobs remained closed to women after 1870.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Who made up the late nineteenth-century middle classes, and what role did they play in the emerging mass society?

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Question 3

Alexander III believed that

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A)  social reforms were more important than political reforms.
B)  diversity built national strength.
C)  the powers of the zemstvos should be increased.
D)  Russia needed to move toward democracy.
E)  his father's reforms had been a mistake.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?

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A)  It was largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic.
B)  It enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875.
C)  It led to a strong parliamentary system of government.
D)  It was further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871.
E)  It ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 5

Edwin Chadwick was one of Britain's leading promoters of urban sanitary reforms.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Why did the old system of autocracy persist in Russia and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century?

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The old system of autocracy persisted in...

Question 7

At the top of European society stood a wealthy elite, constituting 5 percent of the population but controlling ____ percent of its wealth.

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A)  10-20
B)  30-40
C)  50-60
D)  70-80
E)  80-90F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 8

The European population increased dramatically between 1850 and 1910.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In Japan, ____ took the lead in promoting industry.

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A)  local communities
B)  foreign investors
C)  private companies
D)  the imperial government
E)  ambitious former samuraiF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

What event brought an end to Louis Napoleon's Second Empire?

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A)  France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War
B)  The emperor's financial policies
C)  His choice of poor administrators
D)  His defeat by the Austrians
E)  The unpopularity of his marriage to Empress EugenieF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Le Bon Marché is an example of the new

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A)  conservative political parties.
B)  patterns in labor organization.
C)  department stores.
D)  industrial factories.
E)  dance halls and theaters.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Between 1906 and 1910, ____ left Europe each year looking for a better life overseas.

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A)  53,000
B)  75.4 million
C)  525,000
D)  1.3 million
E)  20.1 millionF) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 13

How were the promises and problems of the new mass society reflected in education and leisure?

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The promises and problems of the new mas...

Question 14

How long did France's Third Republic last?

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A)  10 years
B)  65 years
C)  50 years
D)  25 years
E)  5 yearsF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

What is meant by the phrase "mass society"? How was the growth of this mass society related to changes in the urban environment?

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The phrase "mass society" refers to a so...

Question 16

What role did the Reichstag play in German politics in the late nineteenth century?

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Question 17

Which two issues divided the Second International in the late nineteenth century?

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A)  Trade unions and liberalism
B)  Liberalism and revisionism
C)  Revisionism and nationalism
D)  Nationalism and trade unions
E)  liberalism and revisionismF) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

Discuss the growth of political democracy in Great Britain, France, and Italy. How would you account for the differences you note?

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The growth of political democracy in Gre...

Question 19

In Germany, Britain, and France, ____ by 1910.

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A)  unemployment
B)  opposition political parties had quadrupled in size
C)  women had gained the vote
D)  universal national healthcare had been put in place
E)  adult illiteracy was virtually eliminatedF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

What did the English Reform Act of 1884 achieve?

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

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