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

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