Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-evolutionary socialism

Accepted Answer

Evolutionary socialism, also known as so

Question 2

The European middle classes embraced and promoted the importance of progress and science.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 Eugenie 
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 Eugenie

Question 4

What occurred in a cartel?

Accepted Answer

A) A vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. 
B) Independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. 
C) Independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. 
D) Private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. 
E) Dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs. 
A) A vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. 
B) Independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. 
C) Independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. 
D) Private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. 
E) Dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-mass politics

Accepted Answer

Mass politics refers to a political orde

Question 6

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

Accepted Answer

A) Cotton textiles 
B) Steel 
C) Coal 
D) Railroads 
E) Steam engines 
A) Cotton textiles 
B) Steel 
C) Coal 
D) Railroads 
E) Steam engines

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Redistribution Act

Accepted Answer

The term "Redistribution Act" could refe

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Victor Huber

Accepted Answer

Victor Huber does not appear to be a wid

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-May Day

Accepted Answer

May Day, also known as International Wor

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Alexander III and Nicholas II

Accepted Answer

Alexander III and Nicholas II were both

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The old system of autocracy persisted in

Question 13

Which woman became a leading figure of the Paris Commune?

Accepted Answer

A) Louis Michel 
B) Octavia Hill 
C) Elizabeth Poole Sanford 
D) Aletta Jacob 
E) Consuelo Vanderbilt 
A) Louis Michel 
B) Octavia Hill 
C) Elizabeth Poole Sanford 
D) Aletta Jacob 
E) Consuelo Vanderbilt

Question 14

Which statement best describes the middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) They were composed mostly of shopkeepers and manufacturers who barely lived above the poverty line. 
B) They offered little opportunity for women in improving their lot. 
C) They were very concerned with propriety and shared values of hard work and Christian morality. 
D) They viewed progress with distrust as they did not wish to lose their economic gains. 
E) They were sinking in economic and social security because of the increase of plutocrats. 
A) They were composed mostly of shopkeepers and manufacturers who barely lived above the poverty line. 
B) They offered little opportunity for women in improving their lot. 
C) They were very concerned with propriety and shared values of hard work and Christian morality. 
D) They viewed progress with distrust as they did not wish to lose their economic gains. 
E) They were sinking in economic and social security because of the increase of plutocrats.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Aletta Jacob

Accepted Answer

Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929) was a Dutch ph

Question 16

Almost ____ percent of Europeans belonged to the lower classes.

Accepted Answer

A) 90 
B) 80 
C) 55 
D) 40 
E) 25 
A) 90 
B) 80 
C) 55 
D) 40 
E) 25

Question 17

In Japan, ____ took the lead in promoting industry.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

What was the single largest political party in Germany by 1912?

Accepted Answer

A) Nazis 
B) Greens 
C) Social Democrats 
D) Bolsheviks 
E) Mensheviks 
A) Nazis 
B) Greens 
C) Social Democrats 
D) Bolsheviks 
E) Mensheviks

Question 19

Emperor Francis Joseph ignored ministerial responsibility and ruled by decree when parliament was not in session.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which statement is correct regarding European middle-class families during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) They were more concerned with displaying the work ethic than in displaying wealth and following proper decorum. 
B) They stressed functional knowledge for their children to prepare them for their future roles. 
C) They prided themselves on doing the housework and cooking for their families. 
D) They increasingly became less cohesive as togetherness was no longer an important value. 
E) They increased in numbers but were weakened structurally as men abandoned their family focus in order to advance their lives professionally. 
A) They were more concerned with displaying the work ethic than in displaying wealth and following proper decorum. 
B) They stressed functional knowledge for their children to prepare them for their future roles. 
C) They prided themselves on doing the housework and cooking for their families. 
D) They increasingly became less cohesive as togetherness was no longer an important value. 
E) They increased in numbers but were weakened structurally as men abandoned their family focus in order to advance their lives professionally.

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

Please define the following key terms. -evolutionary socialism

The European middle classes embraced and promoted the importance of progress and science.

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

What occurred in a cartel?

Please define the following key terms. -mass politics

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

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

Please define the following key terms. -Redistribution Act

Please define the following key terms. -Victor Huber

Please define the following key terms. -May Day

Please define the following key terms. -Alexander III and Nicholas II

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

Which woman became a leading figure of the Paris Commune?

Which statement best describes the middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe?

Please define the following key terms. -Aletta Jacob

Almost ____ percent of Europeans belonged to the lower classes.

In Japan, ____ took the lead in promoting industry.

What was the single largest political party in Germany by 1912?

Emperor Francis Joseph ignored ministerial responsibility and ruled by decree when parliament was not in session.

Which statement is correct regarding European middle-class families during the late nineteenth century?

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