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-music halls and dance halls

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Music halls and dance halls have been an...

Question 2

Which of the following statements best applies to Austria-Hungary before World War I?

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A)   Both Austria and Hungary had working parliamentary systems.
B)   The Magyars dominated politics in Austria under Emperor William II.
C)   The nationality problem remained unresolved.
D)   Prime minister Count Edward von Taafe was ousted in 1893 by the Slavic minorities for his failure to make concessions to them.
E)   By 1900 it had become a federal state, with seven different constitutional regions enjoying domestic self-rule.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

What advantages did the Second Industrial Revolution offer to women? What changed and did not change for women between 1870 and 1894?

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The Second Industrial Revolution offered...

Question 4

The Second Industrial Revolution saw the advent of what new product?

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A)   textiles.
B)   steel.
C)   coal.
D)   railroads.
E)   factories.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Henry Ford revolutionized the car industry with the mass production of the

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A)   Make F.
B)   Ford Rocket.
C)   Bullet.
D)   Eagle.
E)   Model T.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

The mass society of the late nineteenth century primarily benefited the middle classes, with the lower classes reaping few if any rewards.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Industrialization in Japan was the result of

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A)   private investment and initiative.
B)   European colonization.
C)   socialist planning on the Marxist model.
D)   government planning and initiative.
E)   ambitious former samurai.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

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-cartels and tariffs

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Cartels are associations of producers or...

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-Spanish-American War

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The Spanish-American War was a conflict ...

Question 10

Thomas Cook was a pioneer in

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A)   organizing professional team sports.
B)   mass tourism.
C)   building dance halls.
D)   the creation of the department store.
E)   the redesign of London's parks for weekend leisure activities.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Domestic servants have been a part of ho...

Question 12

In the late nineteenth century, urban populations grew faster than the general population, despite the dramatic worsening of health and living conditions in cities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Compare and contrast political policies pursued in eastern and western Europe in the final quarter of the nineteenth century.

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In the final quarter of the nineteenth c...

Question 15

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.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

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.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

An issue that brought socialists together in the nineteenth century was

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A)   nationalism.
B)   revisionism.
C)   the need for military action.
D)   the desire to improve working and living conditions for most workers.
E)   a fear that Marxism would submerge the socialist alternatives.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 18

In late nineteenth-century Europe, increased competition for foreign markets and the growing importance of domestic demand for economic development led to

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A)   the elimination of trade restrictions like tariffs.
B)   a strong reaction against free trade and imposition of steep protective tariffs by most nations.
C)   greater economic instability and a sequence of ever deeper economic depressions.
D)   closer economic cooperation among the great powers.
E)   greater investment by the United States in the European economy.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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-Alexander III and Russification

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Alexander III was the Emperor of Russia ...

Exam 23: Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

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