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Question #1
At the end of the nineteenth century, white-collar employees were identified with what group?
A.   The working class
B.   The middle class
C.   Labor aristocracy
D.   The propertied class
Question #2
An English law passed in 1882 granted which of the following to married women?
A.   Full property rights
B.   Equal wages
C.   The right to attend universities
D.   Voting rights
Question #3
Which of the following was true of the Karlsbad Decrees?
A.   They instituted repressive measures in the German Confederation.
B.   They sparked the revolutions of 1848.
C.   They created a military alliance out of the Congress of Vienna.
D.   They established a constitutional monarchy in France.
Question #4
What did the journalist Theodor Herzl advocate?
A.   Economic equality for German women
B.   The creation of a Jewish state
C.   The unification of Austria and Prussia
D.   The full emancipation of Jews in Prussia
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.   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.   Norway and parts of the western United States
B.   Great Britain and Sweden
C.   France and the Netherlands
D.   Germany
Question #8
Which of the following pushed Russia toward modernization?
A.   The Crimean War
B.   The loss of Silesia to Austria
C.   An unsuccessful war with Poland
D.   A rebellion of serfs
Question #9
What did Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection tend to reinforce?
A.   The bacterial theory of disease tested by Pasteur
B.   The drive for universal public education in Europe
C.   The Catholic Church's opposition to expansion of political participation
D.   Views of secularists such as Spencer and Marx
Question #10
In the nineteenth century, same-sex attraction was identified as which of the following?
A.   Acceptable only among the upper classes
B.   A generally accepted sexual practice
C.   Legally protected for single men only
D.   A perversion
Question #11
What changed politically in France as a result of the brutal destruction of the Paris Commune?
A.   The National Assembly was closed.
B.   France formed a new national unity.
C.   The 1871 national elections were called off.
D.   Radicals made strong gains in the 1871 national elections.
Question #12
Who was the leader of the final campaign to unite north and south Italy?
A.   Father Gioberti
B.   Giuseppe Garibaldi
C.   Camillo Benso di Cavour
D.   Victor Emmanuel
Question #13
What transportation innovation was introduced to European cities in the 1890s?
A.   Bicycles
B.   Steam cars
C.   Trains
D.   Electric streetcars
Question #14
Where did the doctrine of socialism begin?
A.   Germany
B.   France
C.   Russia
D.   Great Britain
Question #15
What was one important German response to the Austro-Prussian War of 1866?
A.   Catholics formed a political party to protect their interests.
B.   Critics of the government were imprisoned and/or deported by Bismarck.
C.   Industrial workers rebelled and captured Wilhelm I.
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 were all motivated by traditional ideas about the balance of power.
C.   They sought to establish constitutional monarchies in the areas conquered by Napoleon.
D.   They all wanted to resurrect the Holy Roman Empire under Habsburg rule.
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 retained a frugal attitude and modest display of wealth.
C.   It tended to merge with the old aristocracy.
D.   It expressed a high degree of social conscience.

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