Unit 7 Test

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