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Louis Napoleon’s great success with the economy included which of the following?
Encouraging new investment banks and railroad construction
How did Louis Napoleon believe that the people should be represented in government?
By a strong national leader whose reforms would aid all the people
The cartoon alludes to the Crimean War
which represented:
A breakdown of the principle of the Concert of Europe and balance of power
All of the following joined the Ottoman
Empire against Russia in the Crimean War
EXCEPT:
Germany
The cartoon most directly represents
what trend that occurred in the early 19th
century?
The Ottoman Empire was facing increased threats by its territorially ambitious neighbors
What had the victim in this newspaper article been falsely accused of?
A passing French military secrets to the Germans
Why had evidence proving Dreyfus’ innocence been suppressed, resulting in a false conviction?
Dreyfus was a victim of anti-semitic attitudes in both society and the government
What did the Dreyfus affair help convince Theodor Herzl to do?
Launched the European Zionist movement
The goals of the Paris Commune included all of the following EXCEPT:
To ally themselves with the monarchists in the National Assembly
The majority of Irish people who advocated home rule wer
Catholic
The “liberal-minded German population [gravitating] towards that larger portion of the German-speaking people” would favor what form of German unification?
Grossdeutsche (large Germany)
According to the passage, which of the following presents the most divisive challenge to Austria?
Nationalism
The allusion to Charles V refers back to which of the following
Holy Roman Empire
To maintain its political strength, in 1867, Austria most compromised with which ethnic group?
Magyars
In the 19th century, membership in nationalist groups was dominated by all the following EXCEPT:
Nobles and those of the highest classes
What country was NOT deeply affected by problems of nationality during the 19th century?
France
Tsar Alexander II did all of the following EXCEPT
Provoke war with Austria to gain additional Polish territory
Italians wanted to win italia irredenta from the control of
Austria
The “irredentist” doctrine refers most directly to the desire of which country to gain territory?
Italy
The territory desired in this passage was gained by Germany as part of the
Franco-Prussian War
The willingness to go to war to achieve this territory is most in line with the philosophy that “the great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood…” held by whom
Otto von Bismarck
Between 1860-1871, to consolidate territory and gain unification, Germany went to war with all of the following EXCEPT:
Poland
What was the objective of the “brave and generous companions [who]…will shed their last drop of blood?
The unification of the Italian states into one nation
What two ideologies motivated Garibaldi?
Nationalism and republicanism
All of the following events helped inspire this action in 1860 EXCEPT
The creation of an independent, united German state at the Frankfurt Assembly
What government developed in Italy once Garibaldi’s uprising was complete?
A monarchy led by king Victor Emmanuel
In the 1890s, how did Sergei Witte seek to transform Russia?
He believed that Russias industrial backwardness was threatening its power and greatness and implanted industrial policies to catch up with the West
The October Manifesto issued by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905 granted full civil rights and promised
A popularly elected Duma or parliament
Otto von Bismarck’s Kulturkampf refers to his
Attack on the Catholic Church in the German Empire
How did the expanding right to vote in the late nineteenth century affect national politics across Europe?
Radical parties lost support as the working class followed their employers into liberal parties
Why did the conservative Bismarck pioneer the creation of an expansive system of social welfare?
He sought to diminish the attraction of socialism to the working classes and give them a small stake in the existing political system
Why did socialist parties become more moderate by the late 1800s?
As socialist parties attracted larger numbers of members, they looked more toward gradual change and less toward revolution
Which of the following is an accurate characterization of a socialist party in Europe prior to 1914?
The German Socialist Party talked revolution but practiced reformism
Modernism in art and literature was characterized by…
A departure from traditional styles and more abstract appearance
What distinguished imperialism in the late nineteenth century from historical patterns of colonization dating back to the fifteenth century?
The search for raw materials and markets for manufactured goods drove Europeans to colonize
What was an unintended consequence of the process that Ferry advocated for in this excerpt?
Non-Europeans began to challenge European imperialism through nationalist movements
Which of the following was least significant in facilitating the process supported by Ferry?
Diplomatic tensions among European states strained alliance systems
What belief is most evident in Ferry’s speech?
The doctrine of Social Darwinism
What goal of the new imperialism of the late nineteenth century differed from previous goals of imperialism?
To achieve economic exploitation without direct political control
Which of the following best describes the motivation reflected in the political cartoon above?
The search for raw materials and markets for manufactured goods
Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the criticism of British policy represented in the cartoon above?
Encounters with non Europeans sparked debate over the acquisition of colonies
Which of the following pieces of evidence best illustrates a late nineteenth-century effect of the actions shown in the cartoon above?
Diplomatic tensions and competition among European states strained the alliance system
What motivated the British trade discussed by Lin Tse-hsu?
Desire of merchants to use goods secured in India to improve their trade positions in China
What was the British response to this request by the Chinese government?
The British instigated a was using free trade as justification
What nineteenth century liberal idea about free trade was challenged by this disagreement with China?
Free trade led to peaceful relationships with other colonies
What happened as a result of the Sepoy Rebellion?
The British government took direct control of India
What medication proved to be effective in controlling malaria and allowing Europeans to venture into the mosquito-infested interior of Africa?
Quinine
The Russian Marxist Vladimir Lenin asserted that imperialism
Signaled the coming decay and collapse of capitalist society
Why was India called the “jewel in the crown?“
It was the most valuable of all British colonies
What was the result of the Berlin Conference of 1884–85?
It set up the terms of the division of most of Africa among European colonial powers
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