Question 1

The founder of modern socialism was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Friedrich Engels. 
C)  Theodore Herzl. 
D)  Friedrich List. 
E)  G. W. F. Hegel. 
A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Friedrich Engels. 
C)  Theodore Herzl. 
D)  Friedrich List. 
E)  G. W. F. Hegel. A

Question 2

The principal idea that guided the Congress of Vienna was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the principle of legitimacy. 
B)  the restoration of the French monarchy. 
C)  the creed of economic and political liberalism. 
D)  the utilitarianism of the Benthamites. 
E)  a balance of power. 
A)  the principle of legitimacy. 
B)  the restoration of the French monarchy. 
C)  the creed of economic and political liberalism. 
D)  the utilitarianism of the Benthamites. 
E)  a balance of power. A

Question 3

The widespread unemployment and pressure placed on public relief in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century resulted in what has been labeled:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Disgruntled Fifties. 
B)  the Age of Anxiety. 
C)  the Year of the Famine. 
D)  the Decade of the Barricades. 
E)  the Hungry Forties. 
A)  the Disgruntled Fifties. 
B)  the Age of Anxiety. 
C)  the Year of the Famine. 
D)  the Decade of the Barricades. 
E)  the Hungry Forties. E

Question 4

Karl Marx summarized the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and _________ by stating: "All facts and personages of great importance in world history occur twice . . . the first time as tragedy,the second as farce."

Accepted Answer

A)  N. Lenin 
B)  Nicholas II of Russia 
C)  Otto von Bismarck 
D)  Louis Napoleon 
E)  Louis XVIII 
A)  N. Lenin 
B)  Nicholas II of Russia 
C)  Otto von Bismarck 
D)  Louis Napoleon 
E)  Louis XVIII

Question 5

The Romantics were a conservative force who looked back to religion and history for inspiration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Victor Hugo wrote:

Accepted Answer

A)  plays that extolled the virtues of middle-class respectability. 
B)  Faust and The Raft of the Medusa. 
C)  poems that dwelled on the "imaginative landscape of the mind." 
D)  novels sympathetic to the plight of the common person. 
E)  courtly romances. 
A)  plays that extolled the virtues of middle-class respectability. 
B)  Faust and The Raft of the Medusa. 
C)  poems that dwelled on the "imaginative landscape of the mind." 
D)  novels sympathetic to the plight of the common person. 
E)  courtly romances.

Question 7

Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment and classicism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Congress of Vienna joined the Netherlands and Belgium together as a buffer against France,but the Belgians never accepted this arrangement and they revolted following:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Congress of Berlin. 
B)  Napoleon's escape from Elba. 
C)  passage of the July Ordinances. 
D)  the French Revolution of 1830. 
E)  the partition of Poland. 
A)  the Congress of Berlin. 
B)  Napoleon's escape from Elba. 
C)  passage of the July Ordinances. 
D)  the French Revolution of 1830. 
E)  the partition of Poland.

Question 9

The July Ordinances of 1830 issued by Charles X dissolved the newly elected Chamber of Deputies,imposed strict censorship on the press,and:

Accepted Answer

A)  reduced the power of the nobility. 
B)  called for new elections. 
C)  restricted the Catholic Church. 
D)  repealed the Napoleonic legal code. 
E)  restricted suffrage. 
A)  reduced the power of the nobility. 
B)  called for new elections. 
C)  restricted the Catholic Church. 
D)  repealed the Napoleonic legal code. 
E)  restricted suffrage.

Question 10

Between 1839 and 1848,the leading British voice(s)calling for democracy:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the International Workingmen's Association. 
B)  were the socialists in a great many organizations. 
C)  was the landed aristocracy; they believed they could control the peasants' votes. 
D)  were the Chartists, who gathered 6 million signatures in support in 1848. 
E)  was the British Communist Party. 
A)  was the International Workingmen's Association. 
B)  were the socialists in a great many organizations. 
C)  was the landed aristocracy; they believed they could control the peasants' votes. 
D)  were the Chartists, who gathered 6 million signatures in support in 1848. 
E)  was the British Communist Party.

Question 11

After the fall of Napoleon,France still remained the most powerful continental state due to his efforts to centralize power and his governmental reforms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

One of the most influential British liberals and author of The Principles of Morals and Legislation was:

Accepted Answer

A)  John Stuart Mill. 
B)  David Ricardo. 
C)  Jeremy Bentham. 
D)  Adam Smith. 
E)  James Mill. 
A)  John Stuart Mill. 
B)  David Ricardo. 
C)  Jeremy Bentham. 
D)  Adam Smith. 
E)  James Mill.

Question 13

What was Orientalism?

Accepted Answer

Orientalism was a fascination with the E

Question 14

The basis of nineteenth-century conservatism was a belief in political stability which the conservatives thought would be guaranteed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the monarchy. 
B)  the army. 
C)  the workers. 
D)  the peasantry. 
E)  the middle class. 
A)  the monarchy. 
B)  the army. 
C)  the workers. 
D)  the peasantry. 
E)  the middle class.

Question 15

The Second Empire in France was founded in 1852:

Accepted Answer

A)  after an overwhelming majority vote of the people. 
B)  after Louis Napoleon seized power. 
C)  immediately following a bloody revolution. 
D)  after the Franco-Prussian War. 
E)  after France invaded Mexico. 
A)  after an overwhelming majority vote of the people. 
B)  after Louis Napoleon seized power. 
C)  immediately following a bloody revolution. 
D)  after the Franco-Prussian War. 
E)  after France invaded Mexico.

Question 16

The second French Revolution prompted rebellion in Spain and Belgium.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In early 1848,in response to unemployment and underemployment,the French government established public works projects in and around Paris under the name:

Accepted Answer

A)  Works Progress Administration. 
B)  Paris Commune. 
C)  National Recovery Agency. 
D)  National Workshops. 
E)  Civilian Conservation Corps. 
A)  Works Progress Administration. 
B)  Paris Commune. 
C)  National Recovery Agency. 
D)  National Workshops. 
E)  Civilian Conservation Corps.

Question 18

The utopian socialist Robert Owen put his beliefs into practice in his cotton factory in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Middleville, Massachusetts. 
B)  Fourier, Provence. 
C)  Cardiff, Wales. 
D)  Birmingham, England. 
E)  New Lanark, Scotland. 
A)  Middleville, Massachusetts. 
B)  Fourier, Provence. 
C)  Cardiff, Wales. 
D)  Birmingham, England. 
E)  New Lanark, Scotland.

Question 19

It is said by some historians that Karl Marx turned G.W.F.Hegel "on his head" because where Marx began with material forces,Hegel started with:

Accepted Answer

A)  religion. 
B)  individuals. 
C)  ideas. 
D)  mathematics. 
E)  physics. 
A)  religion. 
B)  individuals. 
C)  ideas. 
D)  mathematics. 
E)  physics.

Question 20

The British Anti-Corn Law League sought the repeal of laws regulating what commodity?

Accepted Answer

A)  barley 
B)  wheat 
C)  corn 
D)  soybeans 
E)  maize 
A)  barley 
B)  wheat 
C)  corn 
D)  soybeans 
E)  maize

Exam 20: From Restoration to Revolution,1815–1848

The founder of modern socialism was:

The principal idea that guided the Congress of Vienna was:

The widespread unemployment and pressure placed on public relief in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century resulted in what has been labeled:

Karl Marx summarized the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and _________ by stating: "All facts and personages of great importance in world history occur twice . . . the first time as tragedy,the second as farce."

The Romantics were a conservative force who looked back to religion and history for inspiration.

Victor Hugo wrote:

Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment and classicism.

The Congress of Vienna joined the Netherlands and Belgium together as a buffer against France,but the Belgians never accepted this arrangement and they revolted following:

The July Ordinances of 1830 issued by Charles X dissolved the newly elected Chamber of Deputies,imposed strict censorship on the press,and:

Between 1839 and 1848,the leading British voice(s)calling for democracy:

After the fall of Napoleon,France still remained the most powerful continental state due to his efforts to centralize power and his governmental reforms.

One of the most influential British liberals and author of The Principles of Morals and Legislation was:

What was Orientalism?

The basis of nineteenth-century conservatism was a belief in political stability which the conservatives thought would be guaranteed by:

The Second Empire in France was founded in 1852:

The second French Revolution prompted rebellion in Spain and Belgium.

In early 1848,in response to unemployment and underemployment,the French government established public works projects in and around Paris under the name:

The utopian socialist Robert Owen put his beliefs into practice in his cotton factory in:

It is said by some historians that Karl Marx turned G.W.F.Hegel "on his head" because where Marx began with material forces,Hegel started with:

The British Anti-Corn Law League sought the repeal of laws regulating what commodity?

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