Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-liberalism

Accepted Answer

A) A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain) and France held in 1814-1815 to fashion a general peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleonic France. 
B) A political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including hereditary monarchy and a strong landowning aristocracy. 
C) A philosophy whose principal ideas were equality and liberty; proponents demanded representative government and equality before the law as well as such individual freedoms as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 
D) A doctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. 
E) The idea that each people had its own spirit and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself especially in a common language and history and could serve as the basis for an independent political state.
F)A radical political doctrine that opposed individualism and that advocated international cooperation and a sense of community; key ideas were economic planning, greater economic equality, and state regulation of property.
G)The well-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups.
H)The Marxist term for the working class of modern industrialized society.
I)The changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time.
J)The result of a great general strike in Russia in 1905, it granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) with real legislative power.
K)The idea that disease is caused by the spread of living organisms that can be controlled.
L)The idea, developed by Charles Darwin, that all life had gradually evolved from a common origin through a process of natural selection.
M)The application of the theory of biological evolution to human affairs, it sees the human race as driven to ever-greater specialization and progress by an unending economic struggle that determines the survival of the fittest.
N)A movement in art, literature, and music characterized by a belief in emotional exuberance, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life
O)A divisive case in which a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason.
P)The movement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl.
Q)An effort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect the realities of the time. 
A) A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain) and France held in 1814-1815 to fashion a general peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleonic France. 
B) A political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including hereditary monarchy and a strong landowning aristocracy. 
C) A philosophy whose principal ideas were equality and liberty; proponents demanded representative government and equality before the law as well as such individual freedoms as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 
D) A doctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. 
E) The idea that each people had its own spirit and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself especially in a common language and history and could serve as the basis for an independent political state.
F)A radical political doctrine that opposed individualism and that advocated international cooperation and a sense of community; key ideas were economic planning, greater economic equality, and state regulation of property.
G)The well-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups.
H)The Marxist term for the working class of modern industrialized society.
I)The changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time.
J)The result of a great general strike in Russia in 1905, it granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) with real legislative power.
K)The idea that disease is caused by the spread of living organisms that can be controlled.
L)The idea, developed by Charles Darwin, that all life had gradually evolved from a common origin through a process of natural selection.
M)The application of the theory of biological evolution to human affairs, it sees the human race as driven to ever-greater specialization and progress by an unending economic struggle that determines the survival of the fittest.
N)A movement in art, literature, and music characterized by a belief in emotional exuberance, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life
O)A divisive case in which a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason.
P)The movement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl.
Q)An effort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect the realities of the time. C

Question 2

An English law passed in 1882 granted which of the following to married women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Voting rights 
B)  Equal wages 
C)  Full property rights 
D)  The right to attend universities 
A)  Voting rights 
B)  Equal wages 
C)  Full property rights 
D)  The right to attend universities C

Question 3

What evidence of the impact of technology on everyday life can be found in this painting of Madrid?

Accepted Answer

A)  Telegraph wires 
B)  Horse-drawn carriages 
C)  Electric streetcars 
D)  A large public square 
A)  Telegraph wires 
B)  Horse-drawn carriages 
C)  Electric streetcars 
D)  A large public square C

Question 4

For what is Georges Haussmann best remembered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leading massive rebuilding projects in Paris 
B)  Developing the antiseptic method 
C)  Writing realistic novels of lower-class life 
D)  Promoting positivist philosophy 
A)  Leading massive rebuilding projects in Paris 
B)  Developing the antiseptic method 
C)  Writing realistic novels of lower-class life 
D)  Promoting positivist philosophy

Question 5

The October Manifesto of Nicholas II created the Duma, which was what?

Accepted Answer

A)  A reform movement with the army 
B)  The new liberal constitution of Russia 
C)  A modern railroad to Siberia 
D)  Russia's popularly elected parliament 
A)  A reform movement with the army 
B)  The new liberal constitution of Russia 
C)  A modern railroad to Siberia 
D)  Russia's popularly elected parliament

Question 6

Austria's foreign minister, Klemens von Metternich, dominated the politics and policies of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia 
B)  The Austro-Hungarian Empire 
C)  The German Confederation 
D)  Great Britain 
A)  Russia 
B)  The Austro-Hungarian Empire 
C)  The German Confederation 
D)  Great Britain

Question 7

In the dual monarchy, what group gained independence in Hungary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Serbs 
B)  Magyars 
C)  Czechs 
D)  Lutherans 
A)  Serbs 
B)  Magyars 
C)  Czechs 
D)  Lutherans

Question 8

How do we account for the early success and later collapse of the revolutionary movements of 1848?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The essay

Question 9

This political cartoon is of the Congress of Vienna, during which European leaders divided Europe amongst themselves. Why is Napoleon, who is seen severing France from the rest of Europe, included in this cartoon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Napoleon temporarily escaped his exile on the island of Elbe. 
B)  It was believed that even while in exile Napoleon wielded influence over the Congress. 
C)  Congress attendees cared only for satisfying their own territorial ambitions. 
D)  The artist believed that Napoleon's reign had forever destroyed any hope of a future unified Europe. 
A)  Napoleon temporarily escaped his exile on the island of Elbe. 
B)  It was believed that even while in exile Napoleon wielded influence over the Congress. 
C)  Congress attendees cared only for satisfying their own territorial ambitions. 
D)  The artist believed that Napoleon's reign had forever destroyed any hope of a future unified Europe.

Question 10

Which of the following was a consequence of the Dreyfus affair?

Accepted Answer

A)  It revived the prestige of the French army. 
B)  It drove a wedge between Catholics and anti-Semites. 
C)  It revived republican distrust of Catholicism. 
D)  It fanned the flames of French imperialism. 
A)  It revived the prestige of the French army. 
B)  It drove a wedge between Catholics and anti-Semites. 
C)  It revived republican distrust of Catholicism. 
D)  It fanned the flames of French imperialism.

Question 11

According to Map 24.1, "Europe in 1815," Austria became the largest kingdom within the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna awarded it territory. This territory later became part of which country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary 
B)  Bohemia 
C)  Bosnia 
D)  Italy 
A)  Hungary 
B)  Bohemia 
C)  Bosnia 
D)  Italy

Question 12

The Great Famine of 1845-1851 devastated the population of what country?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  Ireland 
C)  France 
D)  Russia 
A)  England 
B)  Ireland 
C)  France 
D)  Russia

Question 13

Who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henri de Saint-Simon 
B)  Charles Fourier 
C)  Friedrich Engels 
D)  Robert Owen 
A)  Henri de Saint-Simon 
B)  Charles Fourier 
C)  Friedrich Engels 
D)  Robert Owen

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-Social Darwinism

Accepted Answer

A) A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain) and France held in 1814-1815 to fashion a general peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleonic France. 
B) A political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including hereditary monarchy and a strong landowning aristocracy. 
C) A philosophy whose principal ideas were equality and liberty; proponents demanded representative government and equality before the law as well as such individual freedoms as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 
D) A doctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. 
E) The idea that each people had its own spirit and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself especially in a common language and history and could serve as the basis for an independent political state.
F)A radical political doctrine that opposed individualism and that advocated international cooperation and a sense of community; key ideas were economic planning, greater economic equality, and state regulation of property.
G)The well-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups.
H)The Marxist term for the working class of modern industrialized society.
I)The changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time.
J)The result of a great general strike in Russia in 1905, it granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) with real legislative power.
K)The idea that disease is caused by the spread of living organisms that can be controlled.
L)The idea, developed by Charles Darwin, that all life had gradually evolved from a common origin through a process of natural selection.
M)The application of the theory of biological evolution to human affairs, it sees the human race as driven to ever-greater specialization and progress by an unending economic struggle that determines the survival of the fittest.
N)A movement in art, literature, and music characterized by a belief in emotional exuberance, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life
O)A divisive case in which a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason.
P)The movement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl.
Q)An effort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect the realities of the time. 
A) A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain) and France held in 1814-1815 to fashion a general peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleonic France. 
B) A political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including hereditary monarchy and a strong landowning aristocracy. 
C) A philosophy whose principal ideas were equality and liberty; proponents demanded representative government and equality before the law as well as such individual freedoms as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 
D) A doctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. 
E) The idea that each people had its own spirit and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself especially in a common language and history and could serve as the basis for an independent political state.
F)A radical political doctrine that opposed individualism and that advocated international cooperation and a sense of community; key ideas were economic planning, greater economic equality, and state regulation of property.
G)The well-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups.
H)The Marxist term for the working class of modern industrialized society.
I)The changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time.
J)The result of a great general strike in Russia in 1905, it granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) with real legislative power.
K)The idea that disease is caused by the spread of living organisms that can be controlled.
L)The idea, developed by Charles Darwin, that all life had gradually evolved from a common origin through a process of natural selection.
M)The application of the theory of biological evolution to human affairs, it sees the human race as driven to ever-greater specialization and progress by an unending economic struggle that determines the survival of the fittest.
N)A movement in art, literature, and music characterized by a belief in emotional exuberance, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life
O)A divisive case in which a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason.
P)The movement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl.
Q)An effort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect the realities of the time.

Question 15

In what way is the so-called scientific racism of the late nineteenth century depicted in this postcard entitled "The Expulsion of the Jews from Russia"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Germans, whom the Russians perceived as an inferior people, are welcoming the Jews. 
B)  The Jews are depicted in an exaggerated caricature-style intended to portray them as an
Inferior race. 
C)  The clothing styles worn by the Jews were those typically associated with the lower classes. 
D)  All of the cities listed on the signposts were typically perceived as safe havens for those
Deemed intellectually and culturally inferior. 
A)  The Germans, whom the Russians perceived as an inferior people, are welcoming the Jews. 
B)  The Jews are depicted in an exaggerated caricature-style intended to portray them as an
Inferior race. 
C)  The clothing styles worn by the Jews were those typically associated with the lower classes. 
D)  All of the cities listed on the signposts were typically perceived as safe havens for those
Deemed intellectually and culturally inferior.

Question 16

What changed politically in France as a result of the brutal destruction of the Paris Commune?

Accepted Answer

A)  Radicals made strong gains in the 1871 national elections. 
B)  The National Assembly was closed. 
C)  The 1871 national elections were called off. 
D)  France formed a new national unity. 
A)  Radicals made strong gains in the 1871 national elections. 
B)  The National Assembly was closed. 
C)  The 1871 national elections were called off. 
D)  France formed a new national unity.

Question 17

What were the forces driving political reform in England after 1815, which involved the expansion of suffrage and the passage of laws regulating factory labor?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Between 18

Question 18

What ended the era of Alexander II's reforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  A massive peasant revolt 
B)  His assassination 
C)  His army's failed invasion of Manchuria 
D)  An outbreak of cholera 
A)  A massive peasant revolt 
B)  His assassination 
C)  His army's failed invasion of Manchuria 
D)  An outbreak of cholera

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-Dreyfus affair

Accepted Answer

A) A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain) and France held in 1814-1815 to fashion a general peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleonic France. 
B) A political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including hereditary monarchy and a strong landowning aristocracy. 
C) A philosophy whose principal ideas were equality and liberty; proponents demanded representative government and equality before the law as well as such individual freedoms as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 
D) A doctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. 
E) The idea that each people had its own spirit and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself especially in a common language and history and could serve as the basis for an independent political state.
F)A radical political doctrine that opposed individualism and that advocated international cooperation and a sense of community; key ideas were economic planning, greater economic equality, and state regulation of property.
G)The well-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups.
H)The Marxist term for the working class of modern industrialized society.
I)The changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time.
J)The result of a great general strike in Russia in 1905, it granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) with real legislative power.
K)The idea that disease is caused by the spread of living organisms that can be controlled.
L)The idea, developed by Charles Darwin, that all life had gradually evolved from a common origin through a process of natural selection.
M)The application of the theory of biological evolution to human affairs, it sees the human race as driven to ever-greater specialization and progress by an unending economic struggle that determines the survival of the fittest.
N)A movement in art, literature, and music characterized by a belief in emotional exuberance, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life
O)A divisive case in which a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason.
P)The movement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl.
Q)An effort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect the realities of the time. 
A) A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain) and France held in 1814-1815 to fashion a general peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleonic France. 
B) A political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including hereditary monarchy and a strong landowning aristocracy. 
C) A philosophy whose principal ideas were equality and liberty; proponents demanded representative government and equality before the law as well as such individual freedoms as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 
D) A doctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. 
E) The idea that each people had its own spirit and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself especially in a common language and history and could serve as the basis for an independent political state.
F)A radical political doctrine that opposed individualism and that advocated international cooperation and a sense of community; key ideas were economic planning, greater economic equality, and state regulation of property.
G)The well-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups.
H)The Marxist term for the working class of modern industrialized society.
I)The changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time.
J)The result of a great general strike in Russia in 1905, it granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) with real legislative power.
K)The idea that disease is caused by the spread of living organisms that can be controlled.
L)The idea, developed by Charles Darwin, that all life had gradually evolved from a common origin through a process of natural selection.
M)The application of the theory of biological evolution to human affairs, it sees the human race as driven to ever-greater specialization and progress by an unending economic struggle that determines the survival of the fittest.
N)A movement in art, literature, and music characterized by a belief in emotional exuberance, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life
O)A divisive case in which a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason.
P)The movement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl.
Q)An effort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect the realities of the time.

Question 20

In terms of Italian unification, what did Victor Emmanuel, Cavour, and Garibaldi have in common, and how did they differ?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Victor Emm

Exam 24: Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815-1914

Use the following to answer questions : -liberalism

An English law passed in 1882 granted which of the following to married women?

What evidence of the impact of technology on everyday life can be found in this painting of Madrid?

For what is Georges Haussmann best remembered?

The October Manifesto of Nicholas II created the Duma, which was what?

Austria's foreign minister, Klemens von Metternich, dominated the politics and policies of what?

In the dual monarchy, what group gained independence in Hungary?

How do we account for the early success and later collapse of the revolutionary movements of 1848?

This political cartoon is of the Congress of Vienna, during which European leaders divided Europe amongst themselves. Why is Napoleon, who is seen severing France from the rest of Europe, included in this cartoon?

Which of the following was a consequence of the Dreyfus affair?

According to Map 24.1, "Europe in 1815," Austria became the largest kingdom within the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna awarded it territory. This territory later became part of which country?

The Great Famine of 1845-1851 devastated the population of what country?

Who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

Use the following to answer questions : -Social Darwinism

In what way is the so-called scientific racism of the late nineteenth century depicted in this postcard entitled "The Expulsion of the Jews from Russia"?

What changed politically in France as a result of the brutal destruction of the Paris Commune?

What were the forces driving political reform in England after 1815, which involved the expansion of suffrage and the passage of laws regulating factory labor?

What ended the era of Alexander II's reforms?

Use the following to answer questions : -Dreyfus affair

In terms of Italian unification, what did Victor Emmanuel, Cavour, and Garibaldi have in common, and how did they differ?

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