Deck 9: Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Question 1

The emergence of large industrial and commercial cities (megalopolis) introduced a class system that included all of the following except

A)a middle class.
B)slaves from African colonies.
C)a declining artisan class.
D)factory workers.
E)a growing while collar group.

Answer 1

slaves from African colonies.

Question 2

Referring to the illustration in the text, After the Fall, LaRoquette Prisoners Before the Firing Squad, the members of the Paris Commune were imprisoned and executed because they

A)refused to fight for France in the Franco Prussian War.
B)had burned historical sites in Paris.
C)attempted to execute important government officials.
D)were considered traitors to France.
E)supported Dreyfus during the trial.

Answer 2

were considered traitors to France.

Question 3

Who were the "Captains of Industry?"

A)Owners of small firms
B)railroad lines that controlled the movement goods
C)Owners of medium size firms that specialized in consumer goods
D)Owners of shipyards with extensive ties to global trade ​
E)Owners or managers of large firms with extraordinary economic and political power

Answer 3

Owners or managers of large firms with extraordinary economic and political power

Question 4

Which of the following describes Bismarck's influence on liberal and democratic elements in Germany?

A)Protestants were persecuted.
B)Socialists gained seats in the national parliament.
C)Unions were ruled legal.
D)Democracy widened all levels of government.
E)Generally, Germans accepted the restrictions as important to the security of the nation.

Question 5

Which of the following did the British Labour government fail to enact between 1906 and 1911?

A)Old-age pensions
B)Labor exchanges
C)Women's suffrage
D)Unemployment insurance
E)Minimum wages for certain industries

Question 6

Industrialization created a new, ____ group of clerks, who tried to differentiate themselves from factory workers.

A)artisan
B)blue-collar
C)white-collar
D)feminine
E)working-class

Question 7

The most extreme ideological expression of nationalism and imperialism could be found in

A)Social Darwinism.
B)Marxism.
C)Positivism.
D)Socialism.
E)Feminism.

Question 8

During the Dreyfus affair

A)Dreyfus was imprisoned in Germany.
B)Catholic clergy spoke of moderation and forgiveness.
C)university students demanded that Dreyfus be tried again.
D)Dreyfus's appeal failed and his conviction was never reversed.
E)army leaders, clerics, and nationalists supported him.

Question 9

Home rule was enacted in England when

A)the Irish Revolt occurred.
B)women engaged in protests for home rule.
C)the Irish republican army struck against England.
D)English peace advocates protested and agitated for home rule.
E)the Irish made peace with England.

Question 10

Revolutionary changes that furthered the growth of industry included the railroad, diesel engines, the assembly and

A)telegraph
B)satellites
C)preliminary computers
D)robotics
E)solar energy.

Question 11

Each of the following is a type of European control of another part of the world except

A)outright annexation.
B)dual control.
C)protectorate.
D)sphere of influence.
E)colonization.

Question 12

Which of the following Russian tsars liberated the serfs in 1861?

A)Alexander I
B)Alexander II
C)Alexander III
D)Nicholas I
E)Nicholas II

Question 13

Among the innovations in the utilization of energy around 1900 was the

A)steam engine.
B)internal combustion engine.
C)watermills
D)use of coal as a fuel.
E)use of oil as fuel.

Question 14

Emmeline Pankhurst advocated the pursuit of women's suffrage by

A)cases brought in the British court system.
B)education and self improvement of women.
C)demonstrations and disruptions in the House of Commons.
D)appeals to the British population in the press.
E)appeals to religious orders to speak from the pulpit.

Question 15

Which of the following statements does NOT correctly explain why France was not a strong economic power in the mid 1800s?

A)The power of church remained strong outside Paris.
B)Most French still lived in rural areas.
C)Industries were fewer and smaller than industrial England and Germany.
D)Programs enacting social reform were slow to be enacted by the French government.
E)The Third Republic was not a popular regime.

Question 16

In describing the impact of industrialization after 1890, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A)The shift from hand to machine production accelerated.
B)The standard of living for most workers actually dropped.
C)Unions were successful as more workers became concentrated in industrial centers.
D)Early laws at urban development and sanitation aimed at improving living conditions.
E)More women were forced out of the factories.

Question 17

Which English law enfranchised almost all adult males?

A)The Ballot Act of 1872
B)The Reform Bill of 1867
C)The Factory Act of 1832
D)The Parliamentary Act of 1911
E)The Reform Bill of 1884

Question 18

What was the end result of the Easter Rebellion and the Irish revolt of 1919-1920?

A)Protestant Ireland became independent.
B)Catholic Ireland became independent.
C)Both Catholic and Protestant Irelands divided their territories similar to the situation on Cyprus.
D)Southern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland created a Gaelic League.
E)Both areas became independent states following World War One.

Question 19

What was the result of the violent Paris Commune?

A)The treaty that settled the Franco Prussian War was altered in favor of France.
B)French provisional governments became more democratic.
C)Prussian troops were forced to evacuate Paris.
D)Napoleon III gave in to liberal demands for universal suffrage.
E)Governing classes across Europe viewed the event as the need to rule the people with an iron hand.

Question 20

Historians call the second half of the nineteenth century the Second Industrial Revolution because of the

A)surge for liberalism.
B)surge of socialism.
C)increase in the speed and scale of economic and social transformation.
D)surge for nationalism.
E)surge of conservatism.

Question 21

Which of the following increased the strategic value of Egypt to Britain?

A)The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869
B)The rulership of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
C)The construction of a railroad to link Egypt and Sudan
D)The introduction of cotton production in Egypt
E)The Muslim holy war against Egypt

Question 22

Mohandas Gandhi advocated

A)the Congress Party's policy of refusing entrance to Muslims.
B)the use of terrorism to oppose British rule in India.
C)non-violent resistance to British rule as a method to gain the independence of India.
D)the partition of India into Hindu and Muslim sections.
E)a civil war to overthrow English rule of India.

Question 23

Although imperialistic in actions, what positive actions resulted from British rule of India?

A)A new Indian government was created which included educated Indians.
B)Former Indians princes and aristocracy played a major role in preserving Indian historical traditions and culture.
C)Indian native artisans and business enjoyed an increase in business.
D)British ruled ended internal war and disorder.
E)Starvation increased as native agriculture was disturbed by English planting of cash crops.

Question 24

Which of the following led to a revolution in Russia in the early twentieth century?

A)Defeat by China in the Sino-Russian war
B)Defeat by Japan in the Russo-Japanese War
C)Defeat at the Crimean War
D)Defeat by Germany in WWII
E)Defeat during the Thirty Years' War

Question 25

The British did all the following in India except

A)built a modern railroad and communications system.
B)appointed a native governor general to govern on behalf of Britain.
C)developed agriculture and industry to meet the needs of the world market.
D)established a civil service of 4000 Europeans and half a million Indians.
E)introduced Western medical practice.

Question 26

​ The battle and massacre at Omdurman followed the death of __________

A)Herbert Kitchener
B)Cecil Rhodes
C)Charles Gordon
D)Paul Kruger
E)Sir Charles McCarthy

Question 27

Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe Russian literature and their writers of the time?

A)Writers came primarily from the Russian educated intelligentsia.
B)Russian writers were considered provincial and narrow in their experiences and travel.
C)Most writers still possessed a Russian Soul.
D)Many writers aspired to Pan Slavism.
E)Many hoped to achieve a Russian culture and nation that was superior to the West.

Question 28

Despite the anti-Semitic environment of the time, which of the following does NOT describe the gains made by Jews?

A)Viennese cultural life was mainly shaped by Jews before World War One.
B)They were committed to and favored various forms of social equality.
C)Jews became leaders in the Volkish movement.
D)Many leaders in the sciences and medicine were Jews.
E)In many European nations, Jews gained legal equality and social status.

Question 29

At the Berlin Conference, rule of the Congo Free State was given to

A)Henry Stanley.
B)Bismarck.
C)the Third French Republic.
D)Cecil Rhodes.
E)Leopold II of Belgium.

Question 30

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Third Republic

Question 31

The Berlin Conference that was used to settle African imperialism and avoiding Western competition in Africa was called by

A)Disraeli and Jules Ferry.
B)Ataturk and Bismarck.
C)Bismarck and Jules Ferry.
D)Churchill and Ataturk.
E)Lloyd George and Jules Ferry.

Question 32

Which of the following novelists pointed out that the Europeans were moral barbarians?

A)Victor Hugo
B)Charles Dickens
C)Rudyard Kipling
D)Joseph Conrad
E)Leo Tolstoy

Question 33

The actions of Russian czars were supported and buttressed by the

A)aristocracy.
B)military.
C)new liberal and intellectual class.
D)Orthodox Church.
E)small and elite industrial leaders.

Question 34

As nationalism grew more extreme it evolved into all of the following EXCEPT

A)it became the seedbed for World War One and Two.
B)it became one of the causes of imperialism in Asia and Africa.
C)Judaism was accepted as a cultural and national heritage of the nation.
D)the needs of the nation transcended the rights of the individual.
E)wars were seen as purifying force.

Question 35

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Ulster Volunteers

Question 36

Which of the following established an Open Door Policy in China?

A)The United States
B)Britain
C)Russia
D)France

Question 37

Which treaty was signed between China and England after the Opium War?

A)Treaty of Taiping
B)Treaty of Nanking
C)Treaty of Ghent
D)Treaty of Verdun
E)Treaty of Versailles

Question 38

China was forced to open its ports to trade with the West as a result of the

A)Taiping Rebellion.
B)Lotus Rebellion.
C)Boxer Rebellion.
D)Opium War.
E)Sepoy Rebellion.

Question 39

Which area was divided by Russia and Britain at the turn of the century?

A)Egypt
B)India
C)Korea
D)Turkey
E)Persia

Question 40

Who should be credited with publicizing the dreadful conditions imposed on blacks who worked on rubber plantations in the Congo?

A)Mohandas Gandhi
B)Edward Morel
C)Charles Gordon
D)David Livingstone
E)Henry Stanley

Question 41

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Dreyfus Affair

Question 42

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Kulturkampf

Question 43

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Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 44

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Lydia Becker

Question 45

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Taff Vale decision

Question 46

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Bismarck

Question 47

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The Anglo-Boer War

Question 48

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Paris Commune

Question 49

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Communards

Question 50

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Home Rule

Question 51

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Berlin Conference

Question 52

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Cecil Rhodes

Question 53

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suffragette

Question 54

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Adolphe Thiers

Question 55

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German Social Democratic Party

Question 56

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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Question 57

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Alexander II

Question 58

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Benjamin Disraeli

Question 59

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Georges Clemenceau

Question 60

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Reform Bill of 1867

Question 61

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Sepoy Mutiny

Question 62

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Empress Tzu-hsi

Question 63

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).


Designate, on a world map, those areas you associate with these places: Meiji Empire, the Congo Free State, and Muslim Pakistan.

Question 64

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).


Using arrows, locate on a world map the area with which each of the following should be associated: the Great Trek, the Opium War, the "march to the sea," the Open Door Policy, Matthew Perry's entry into a famous harbor, and at least one of the sites relating to gunboat diplomacy. Label each area by name.

Question 65

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the Sino-Japanese War

Question 66

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Russo-Japanese War

Question 67

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the Samurai

Question 68

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).


On the map of Africa, designate those areas controlled by Britain, France, Germany, and Italy as well as the African states that were never imperialized by the West.

Question 69

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Opium War

Question 70

How was it very clear that the new state of Germany would be less than liberal? What checks did the government lack that might have remedied the situation?

Question 71

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Boer War

Question 72

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Treaty of Nanking

Question 73

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Open Door Policy

Question 74

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Mao Zedong

Question 75

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).


On a map of Europe, designate at least five cities that had 100,000 or more inhabitants between 1800 and 1900.

Question 76

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).


On a map of Europe, designate those areas that may be associated with the following: home rule, Communards, Easter Rebellion, the Kulturkampf, and the Irish question.

Question 77

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Russo-Japanese War

Question 78

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Meiji regime

Question 79

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Taiping Rebellion

Question 80

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Battle of Adowa