Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The phrase "mass society" refers to a so

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) 10-20 
B) 30-40 
C) 50-60 
D) 70-80 
E) 80-90 
A) 10-20 
B) 30-40 
C) 50-60 
D) 70-80 
E) 80-90

Question 3

The Reform Act of 1884 gave the vote to all adult men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Living conditions in cities improved due to all of these reforms EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the development of pure water and sewerage systems. 
B) model homes built for the poor by wealthy philanthropists. 
C) the demolition of old, unneeded urban defensive walls, replaced by wide avenues. 
D) a successful effort to clean up all polluted rivers and lakes. 
E) some increases in governmental regulations. 
A) the development of pure water and sewerage systems. 
B) model homes built for the poor by wealthy philanthropists. 
C) the demolition of old, unneeded urban defensive walls, replaced by wide avenues. 
D) a successful effort to clean up all polluted rivers and lakes. 
E) some increases in governmental regulations.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-mass education

Accepted Answer

Mass education refers to the widespread

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-France's Third Republic

Accepted Answer

The Third Republic of France was the pol

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-the Commune

Accepted Answer

The Commune was a radical socialist and

Question 8

What was the chief cause of rising European populations between 1850 and 1880?

Accepted Answer

A) An increasing rising birthrate 
B) A declining mortality rate 
C) Better childhood immunization programs 
D) Better human diet in a consumer economy 
E) Dramatic improvements in urban sanitation 
A) An increasing rising birthrate 
B) A declining mortality rate 
C) Better childhood immunization programs 
D) Better human diet in a consumer economy 
E) Dramatic improvements in urban sanitation

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Alexander Graham Bell

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-bor

Question 10

After 1870, industrialization outside of Europe and North America was most notable in

Accepted Answer

A) North Africa. 
B) China. 
C) South America. 
D) the Middle East. 
E) Japan. 
A) North Africa. 
B) China. 
C) South America. 
D) the Middle East. 
E) Japan.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-tariffs

Accepted Answer

Tariffs are taxes or duties imposed on i

Question 12

What was true of daughters in European working-class families?

Accepted Answer

A) They were expected to work until marriage. 
B) By long custom, they were kept at home until of age to marry. 
C) They were barred from working by state law in many countries. 
D) They had traditionally never shown an interest in working either before or after marriage. 
E) They enrolled in vocational schools until marriage and then entered the work-place. 
A) They were expected to work until marriage. 
B) By long custom, they were kept at home until of age to marry. 
C) They were barred from working by state law in many countries. 
D) They had traditionally never shown an interest in working either before or after marriage. 
E) They enrolled in vocational schools until marriage and then entered the work-place.

Question 13

What did Eduard Bernstein claim in his book Evolutionary Socialism?

Accepted Answer

A) The only hope for the workers was a violent revolution. 
B) Socialism could best be achieved through the democratic process. 
C) Unions should bargain with employers and avoid politics. 
D) The poor were too ignorant to be allowed to vote. 
E) True communism would take hundreds of years to evolve. 
A) The only hope for the workers was a violent revolution. 
B) Socialism could best be achieved through the democratic process. 
C) Unions should bargain with employers and avoid politics. 
D) The poor were too ignorant to be allowed to vote. 
E) True communism would take hundreds of years to evolve.

Question 14

The "woman question" was the debate over

Accepted Answer

A) whether or not women were fully human. 
B) the role of women in society. 
C) the place of women in the coming socialist revolution. 
D) population growth and female fertility. 
E) the future of traditional marriage. 
A) whether or not women were fully human. 
B) the role of women in society. 
C) the place of women in the coming socialist revolution. 
D) population growth and female fertility. 
E) the future of traditional marriage.

Question 15

White-collar jobs remained closed to women after 1870.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-the assembly line

Accepted Answer

The assembly line is a manufacturing pro

Question 17

How long did France's Third Republic last?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Elizabeth Poole Sanford's Woman in Her Social and Domestic Character

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Poole Sanford's "Woman in Her

Question 19

By 1900, Europeans were importing beef and wool from

Accepted Answer

A) Japan. 
B) China. 
C) Argentina. 
D) Algeria. 
E) Java. 
A) Japan. 
B) China. 
C) Argentina. 
D) Algeria. 
E) Java.

Question 20

What best describes employment opportunities for women during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) They changed in quality and quantity with the expansion of the service sector. 
B) They declined dramatically as prostitution became illegal. 
C) They increased greatly with working-class men pushing their wives to work outside the home. 
D) They declined when piece-work was abandoned as inefficient and "sweatshops" were outlawed. 
E) They declined because labor unions forced governments to restrict most employment opportunities to men only. 
A) They changed in quality and quantity with the expansion of the service sector. 
B) They declined dramatically as prostitution became illegal. 
C) They increased greatly with working-class men pushing their wives to work outside the home. 
D) They declined when piece-work was abandoned as inefficient and "sweatshops" were outlawed. 
E) They declined because labor unions forced governments to restrict most employment opportunities to men only.

Exam 23: Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

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

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

The Reform Act of 1884 gave the vote to all adult men.

Living conditions in cities improved due to all of these reforms EXCEPT

Please define the following key terms. -mass education

Please define the following key terms. -France's Third Republic

Please define the following key terms. -the Commune

What was the chief cause of rising European populations between 1850 and 1880?

Please define the following key terms. -Alexander Graham Bell

After 1870, industrialization outside of Europe and North America was most notable in

Please define the following key terms. -tariffs

What was true of daughters in European working-class families?

What did Eduard Bernstein claim in his book Evolutionary Socialism?

The "woman question" was the debate over

White-collar jobs remained closed to women after 1870.

Please define the following key terms. -the assembly line

How long did France's Third Republic last?

Please define the following key terms. -Elizabeth Poole Sanford's Woman in Her Social and Domestic Character

By 1900, Europeans were importing beef and wool from

What best describes employment opportunities for women during the Second Industrial Revolution?

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The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

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Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

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