Question 1

Talk about:
-nationalities problem

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-nationalities problem...

Question 2

Talk about:
-Magyarization

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-Magyarization...

Question 3

Talk about:
-​emigration

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-​emigration...

Question 4

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

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A)  the newspaper and novel. 
B)  the excessive consumption of alcohol. 
C)  the theater. 
D)  carnival. 
E)  professional sports.

Question 5

How did the Second Industrialization Revolution differ from its predecessor? How did it impact various aspects of life for Europeans of all classes?

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Question 6

Talk about:
-Irish Home Rule

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-Irish Home Rule...

Question 7

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Louis Napoleon's Second Empire was brought to an end by

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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 9

Talk about:
-Spanish-American War

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-Spanish-American War...

Question 10

To what extent did the emergence and development of socialist parties and trade unions meet the needs of the working classes between 1871 and the end of the century?

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Question 11

The state with the most successful socialist party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was

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A)  Britain. 
B)  France. 
C)  Germany. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Italy.

Question 12

A rise in female prostitution in European cities during the later nineteenth century can best be attributed to

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A)  heavy migration to cities by country women and their increasingly desperate struggle for urban economic survival. 
B)  greater public toleration of sex workers and abandonment of all municipal efforts to police the trade. 
C)  the acceptance by clergymen of the sex trade as an economic necessity for poorer women. 
D)  the declining interest of men and women to form families. 
E)  the decline in available husbands due to various STDs.

Question 13

Which of the following statements best applies to Spain and Italy in the late nineteenth century?

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A)  Spain had returned to the status of a great power. 
B)  Italy's unification was vigorously supported by the pope. 
C)  Both countries were preeminent colonial powers, especially in Africa. 
D)  Both countries remained second-rate European powers, less transformed by the economic and cultural innovations of the age. 
E)  Both nations had joined the nations of northern Europe by creating powerful industrial middle-class societies.

Question 14

Octavia Hill's housing venture was designed to

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A)  give the poor an environment they could use to improve themselves. 
B)  give the poor charity 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.

Question 15

Talk about:
-revisionism or evolutionary socialism

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-revisionism or evolutionary socialism...

Question 16

Eduard Bernstein, in his book Evolutionary Socialism , claimed that

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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 17

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills was

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A)  William Gladstone. 
B)  William Butler Yeats. 
C)  Edward Fitzgerald. 
D)  Wolfe Tone. 
E)  Charles Parnell.

Question 18

The English Reform Act of 1884

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

Question 19

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

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A)  increased from 270 million to 460 million. 
B)  actually decreased slightly. 
C)  increased from 140 to 190 million. 
D)  stagnated, causing severe problems for the development of leisure industries. 
E)  declined significantly because of the pollution engendered by increasing urbanization.

Question 20

The light bulb was invented independently by Thomas Edison and

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A)  Guglielmo Marconi. 
B)  Alexander Graham Bell. 
C)  August Bebel. 
D)  V. A. Huber. 
E)  Joseph Swan.

Exam 11: Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

Talk about: -nationalities problem

Talk about: -Magyarization

Talk about: -emigration

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

How did the Second Industrialization Revolution differ from its predecessor? How did it impact various aspects of life for Europeans of all classes?

Talk about: -Irish Home Rule

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

Louis Napoleon's Second Empire was brought to an end by

Talk about: -Spanish-American War

To what extent did the emergence and development of socialist parties and trade unions meet the needs of the working classes between 1871 and the end of the century?

The state with the most successful socialist party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was

A rise in female prostitution in European cities during the later nineteenth century can best be attributed to

Which of the following statements best applies to Spain and Italy in the late nineteenth century?

Octavia Hill's housing venture was designed to

Talk about: -revisionism or evolutionary socialism

Eduard Bernstein, in his book Evolutionary Socialism , claimed that

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills was

The English Reform Act of 1884

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

The light bulb was invented independently by Thomas Edison and

Exam 11: Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

Talk about: -nationalities problem

Talk about: -Magyarization

Talk about: -​emigration

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

How did the Second Industrialization Revolution differ from its predecessor? How did it impact various aspects of life for Europeans of all classes?

Talk about: -Irish Home Rule

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

Louis Napoleon's Second Empire was brought to an end by

Talk about: -Spanish-American War

To what extent did the emergence and development of socialist parties and trade unions meet the needs of the working classes between 1871 and the end of the century?

The state with the most successful socialist party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was

A rise in female prostitution in European cities during the later nineteenth century can best be attributed to

Which of the following statements best applies to Spain and Italy in the late nineteenth century?

Octavia Hill's housing venture was designed to

Talk about: -revisionism or evolutionary socialism

Eduard Bernstein, in his book Evolutionary Socialism , claimed that

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills was

The English Reform Act of 1884

Between 1850 and 1910, European population

The light bulb was invented independently by Thomas Edison and

Talk about: -emigration