Question 1

White-collar jobs remained closed to women after 1870.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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 3

Edwin Chadwick was one of Britain's leading promoters of urban sanitary reforms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What did the English Reform Act of 1884 achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It enfranchised women. 
B) It gave English agricultural workers the right to vote. 
C) It did not dramatically increase the size of the electorate. 
D) It increased the total number of members in the House of Commons. 
E) It increased middle-class representative in Parliament. 
A) It enfranchised women. 
B) It gave English agricultural workers the right to vote. 
C) It did not dramatically increase the size of the electorate. 
D) It increased the total number of members in the House of Commons. 
E) It increased middle-class representative in Parliament.

Question 5

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 6

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?

Accepted Answer

A) It was largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. 
B) It enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. 
C) It led to a strong parliamentary system of government. 
D) It was further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. 
E) It ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival. 
A) It was largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. 
B) It enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. 
C) It led to a strong parliamentary system of government. 
D) It was further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. 
E) It ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival.

Question 7

What role did the Reichstag play in German politics in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The Reichstag played a significant role

Question 8

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 9

Which two issues divided the Second International in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Trade unions and liberalism 
B) Liberalism and revisionism 
C) Revisionism and nationalism 
D) Nationalism and trade unions 
E) liberalism and revisionism 
A) Trade unions and liberalism 
B) Liberalism and revisionism 
C) Revisionism and nationalism 
D) Nationalism and trade unions 
E) liberalism and revisionism

Question 10

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 11

In Germany, Britain, and France, ____ by 1910.

Accepted Answer

A) unemployment 
B) opposition political parties had quadrupled in size 
C) women had gained the vote 
D) universal national healthcare had been put in place 
E) adult illiteracy was virtually eliminated 
A) unemployment 
B) opposition political parties had quadrupled in size 
C) women had gained the vote 
D) universal national healthcare had been put in place 
E) adult illiteracy was virtually eliminated

Question 12

Le Bon Marché is an example of the new

Accepted Answer

A) conservative political parties. 
B) patterns in labor organization. 
C) department stores. 
D) industrial factories. 
E) dance halls and theaters. 
A) conservative political parties. 
B) patterns in labor organization. 
C) department stores. 
D) industrial factories. 
E) dance halls and theaters.

Question 13

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 14

The European population increased dramatically between 1850 and 1910.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Alexander III believed that

Accepted Answer

A) social reforms were more important than political reforms. 
B) diversity built national strength. 
C) the powers of the zemstvos should be increased. 
D) Russia needed to move toward democracy. 
E) his father's reforms had been a mistake. 
A) social reforms were more important than political reforms. 
B) diversity built national strength. 
C) the powers of the zemstvos should be increased. 
D) Russia needed to move toward democracy. 
E) his father's reforms had been a mistake.

Question 16

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 17

Discuss the growth of political democracy in Great Britain, France, and Italy. How would you account for the differences you note?

Accepted Answer

The growth of political democracy in Gre

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

White-collar jobs remained closed to women after 1870.

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

Edwin Chadwick was one of Britain's leading promoters of urban sanitary reforms.

What did the English Reform Act of 1884 achieve?

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

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?

What role did the Reichstag play in German politics in the late nineteenth century?

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

Which two issues divided the Second International in the late nineteenth century?

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

In Germany, Britain, and France, ____ by 1910.

Le Bon Marché is an example of the new

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

The European population increased dramatically between 1850 and 1910.

Alexander III believed that

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

Discuss the growth of political democracy in Great Britain, France, and Italy. How would you account for the differences you note?

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

How long did France's Third Republic last?

In Japan, ____ took the lead in promoting industry.

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Exam 10: Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

White-collar jobs remained closed to women after 1870.

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

Edwin Chadwick was one of Britain's leading promoters of urban sanitary reforms.

What did the English Reform Act of 1884 achieve?

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

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?

What role did the Reichstag play in German politics in the late nineteenth century?

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

Which two issues divided the Second International in the late nineteenth century?

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

In Germany, Britain, and France, ____ by 1910.

Le Bon Marché is an example of the new

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

The European population increased dramatically between 1850 and 1910.

Alexander III believed that

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

Discuss the growth of political democracy in Great Britain, France, and Italy. How would you account for the differences you note?

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

How long did France's Third Republic last?

In Japan, ____ took the lead in promoting industry.

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

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 2

Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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