Question 1

By 1900, ____ workers were enrolled in British trade unions.

Accepted Answer

A) 2,000 
B) 20,000 
C) 200,000 
D) 2 million 
E) 20 million 
A) 2,000 
B) 20,000 
C) 200,000 
D) 2 million 
E) 20 million

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-internal combustion engine

Accepted Answer

An internal combustion engine is a type

Question 3

What development occurred in Germany under the chancellorship of Bismarck?

Accepted Answer

A) The growth of a real democracy through universal male suffrage 
B) The passage of social welfare legislation to woo workers away from the Social Democrats 
C) The Kulturkampf or crusade to make Catholicism Germany's national religion 
D) The maintenance of a military second only to that of France on the Continent 
E) The continual threat to invade its neighbors 
A) The growth of a real democracy through universal male suffrage 
B) The passage of social welfare legislation to woo workers away from the Social Democrats 
C) The Kulturkampf or crusade to make Catholicism Germany's national religion 
D) The maintenance of a military second only to that of France on the Continent 
E) The continual threat to invade its neighbors

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Consuelo Vanderbilt

Accepted Answer

Consuelo Vanderbilt was an American soci

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-sweatshops

Accepted Answer

Sweatshops are workplaces, often in the

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-revisionism

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-revisionism...

Question 7

The purpose of industrial cartels was to decrease competition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How did working-class people organize themselves to advance their own political and economic agenda?

Accepted Answer

Working-class people have organized them

Question 9

What was a major development in British politics before 1914?

Accepted Answer

A) The continual growth of political democracy 
B) The peaceful and successful settlement of the "Irish question" 
C) The transformation of the Fabians into the Conservatives 
D) The reduction of the power of the House of Commons 
E) The strengthening of the monarchy after the death of Queen Victoria 
A) The continual growth of political democracy 
B) The peaceful and successful settlement of the "Irish question" 
C) The transformation of the Fabians into the Conservatives 
D) The reduction of the power of the House of Commons 
E) The strengthening of the monarchy after the death of Queen Victoria

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Social Democratic Party

Accepted Answer

The Social Democratic Party is a politic

Question 11

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

Accepted Answer

A) all but guaranteed their future poverty. 
B) was obviously illegal. 
C) was part of a larger capitalist plot. 
D) ensured the moral and physical well-being of families. 
E) simply made it easier to exploit them. 
A) all but guaranteed their future poverty. 
B) was obviously illegal. 
C) was part of a larger capitalist plot. 
D) ensured the moral and physical well-being of families. 
E) simply made it easier to exploit them.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The promises and problems of the new mas

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Second Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Second Industrial Revolution, also k

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Coney Island and Blackpool

Accepted Answer

Coney Island and Blackpool are both famo

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan were both

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The late nineteenth-century middle class

Question 17

Which country replaced Great Britain as the leading industrial power in Europe after 1870?

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) Germany 
C) Italy 
D) Holland 
E) Russia 
A) France 
B) Germany 
C) Italy 
D) Holland 
E) Russia

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-bicameral legislature

Accepted Answer

A bicameral legislature is a type of par

Question 19

Elizabeth Poole Sanford would most likely have agreed with which of these statements?

Accepted Answer

A) Women should avoid being self-sufficient. 
B) Women should strive to become equal to men. 
C) Women should accept their roles at home until new governmental reforms were instituted. 
D) Women should make it known to their husbands that they were dissatisfied. 
E) Women should take employment outside the home to become economically self-sufficient. 
A) Women should avoid being self-sufficient. 
B) Women should strive to become equal to men. 
C) Women should accept their roles at home until new governmental reforms were instituted. 
D) Women should make it known to their husbands that they were dissatisfied. 
E) Women should take employment outside the home to become economically self-sufficient.

Question 20

What was Octavia Hill's housing venture designed to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) Provide the poor with an environment they could use to improve themselves. 
B) Offer charity to the poor since they could never help themselves. 
C) Let the wealthy know what it was like to be poor. 
D) Break down class barriers in London. 
E) Make the upper classes feel better and improve their self-esteem by doing something for the downtrodden of society. 
A) Provide the poor with an environment they could use to improve themselves. 
B) Offer charity to the poor since they could never help themselves. 
C) Let the wealthy know what it was like to be poor. 
D) Break down class barriers in London. 
E) Make the upper classes feel better and improve their self-esteem by doing something for the downtrodden of society.

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

By 1900, ____ workers were enrolled in British trade unions.

Please define the following key terms. -internal combustion engine

What development occurred in Germany under the chancellorship of Bismarck?

Please define the following key terms. -Consuelo Vanderbilt

Please define the following key terms. -sweatshops

Please define the following key terms. -revisionism

The purpose of industrial cartels was to decrease competition.

How did working-class people organize themselves to advance their own political and economic agenda?

What was a major development in British politics before 1914?

Please define the following key terms. -Social Democratic Party

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

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

Please define the following key terms. -Second Industrial Revolution

Please define the following key terms. -Coney Island and Blackpool

Please define the following key terms. -Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan

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

Which country replaced Great Britain as the leading industrial power in Europe after 1870?

Please define the following key terms. -bicameral legislature

Elizabeth Poole Sanford would most likely have agreed with which of these statements?

What was Octavia Hill's housing venture designed to achieve?

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