Question 1

By 1912, what was the single largest political party in Germany?

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A)   NAZIS.
B)   Greens.
C)   Social Democrats.
D)   Bolsheviks.
E)   Mensheviks.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 2

The Boulanger Crisis in France had the end result of

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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.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 3

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-internal combustion engine

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Question 4

By 1871, the focus of Europeans' lives had become

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A)   their weekends.
B)   their schools.
C)   their favorite sports teams.
D)   the national state.
E)   their church.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 5

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

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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.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

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-General Georges Boulanger

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Question 7

The upper classes in the late nineteenth century included all of the following except

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A)   the landed aristocracy.
B)   the professional classes, including lawyers, doctors, an engineers.
C)   the upper middle classes.
D)   wealthy upper middle classes.
E)   industrial plutocratsF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

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

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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.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The Irish parliamentary leader who demanded home-rule for Ireland in the 1880s was

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A)   William Gladstone.
B)   William Butler Yeats.
C)   Edward Fitzgerald.
D)   Wolfe Tone.
E)   Charles Parnell.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

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-Public Health Act of 1875

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Question 11

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-Guglielmo Marconi

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Question 12

During the Second Industrial Revolution, working-class organizations emphasized the gender role of women as

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A)   doctors.
B)   sexual objects.
C)   housewives.
D)   industrial managers.
E)   breadwinners.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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-Magyarization

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Magyarization refers to the policy of th...

Question 15

Although the German Reichstag was elected on the basis of universal male suffrage, it had little power because government ministers were responsible to the emperor rather than the parliament.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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-Irish Home Rule

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Question 17

The English Reform Act of 1884

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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.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Initially, trade unions in the first half of the nineteenth century functioned primarily as

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A)   political parties.
B)   militant anarchist societies.
C)   supporters of middle-class liberalism.
D)   vehicles for leisure activities.
E)   mutual aid societies.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

All of the following were used to limit family size in the late nineteenth century except

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A)   coitus interruptus.
B)   birth control pills.
C)   abortion.
D)   abandonment.
E)   infanticide.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

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-Kulturkampf

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Kulturkampf was a term used to describe ...

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