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Question #1
At the end of the nineteenth century, white-collar employees were identified with what group?
A.   Labor aristocracy
B.   The middle class
C.   The propertied class
D.   The working class
Question #2
An English law passed in 1882 granted which of the following to married women?
A.   Equal wages
B.   The right to attend universities
C.   Full property rights
D.   Voting rights
Question #3
Which of the following was true of the Karlsbad Decrees?
A.   They established a constitutional monarchy in France.
B.   They instituted repressive measures in the German Confederation.
C.   They created a military alliance out of the Congress of Vienna.
D.   They sparked the revolutions of 1848.
Question #4
What did the journalist Theodor Herzl advocate?
A.   Economic equality for German women
B.   The full emancipation of Jews in Prussia
C.   The creation of a Jewish state
D.   The unification of Austria and Prussia
Question #5
Camillo Benso di Cavour sought to unite Italy under the authority of what state(s)?
A.   Sardinia
B.   The Papal States
C.   Naples
D.   Sicily
Question #6
Who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
A.   Charles Fourier
B.   Friedrich Engels
C.   Henri de Saint-Simon
D.   Robert Owen
Question #7
By 1913–1914, where had women gained the right to vote?
A.   France and the Netherlands
B.   Great Britain and Sweden
C.   Germany
D.   Norway and parts of the western United States
Question #8
Which of the following pushed Russia toward modernization?
A.   The Crimean War
B.   An unsuccessful war with Poland
C.   A rebellion of serfs
D.   The loss of Silesia to Austria
Question #9
What did Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection tend to reinforce?
A.   The drive for universal public education in Europe
B.   The bacterial theory of disease tested by Pasteur
C.   Views of secularists such as Spencer and Marx
D.   The Catholic Church's opposition to expansion of political participation
Question #10
In the nineteenth century, same-sex attraction was identified as which of the following?
A.   A perversion
B.   Acceptable only among the upper classes
C.   Legally protected for single men only
D.   A generally accepted sexual practice
Question #11
What changed politically in France as a result of the brutal destruction of the Paris Commune?
A.   Radicals made strong gains in the 1871 national elections.
B.   The 1871 national elections were called off.
C.   The National Assembly was closed.
D.   France formed a new national unity.
Question #12
Who was the leader of the final campaign to unite north and south Italy?
A.   Father Gioberti
B.   Victor Emmanuel
C.   Giuseppe Garibaldi
D.   Camillo Benso di Cavour
Question #13
What transportation innovation was introduced to European cities in the 1890s?
A.   Electric streetcars
B.   Bicycles
C.   Steam cars
D.   Trains
Question #14
Where did the doctrine of socialism begin?
A.   Great Britain
B.   France
C.   Russia
D.   Germany
Question #15
What was one important German response to the Austro-Prussian War of 1866?
A.   Industrial workers rebelled and captured Wilhelm I.
B.   Critics of the government were imprisoned and/or deported by Bismarck.
C.   Catholics formed a political party to protect their interests.
D.   Middle-class liberals adopted Bismarck's brand of nationalism.
Question #16
In central and eastern Europe, what did romantic writers focus on?
A.   The glorification of their national heroes
B.   Subjects from the ancient world
C.   Emulating French culture
D.   Local languages and peasant folktales, songs, and proverbs
Question #17
What ideas united the victorious allies at the Congress of Vienna?
A.   They were all motivated by a desire to punish France harshly and reduced it in size.
B.   They sought to establish constitutional monarchies in the areas conquered by Napoleon.
C.   They all wanted to resurrect the Holy Roman Empire under Habsburg rule.
D.   They were all motivated by traditional ideas about the balance of power.
Question #18
How did the upper middle class change as the nineteenth century progressed?
A.   It tended to merge with the old aristocracy.
B.   It began to form tighter bonds with the rest of the middle class.
C.   It retained a frugal attitude and modest display of wealth.
D.   It expressed a high degree of social conscience.

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