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Which of the following did NOT lead the way to new industrial frontiers during the Second Industrial Revolution? |
| | A) | petroleum |
| | B) | steel |
| | C) | coal |
| | D) | chemicals |
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The rapid rate of industrialization improved most European workers’ lives in all ways EXCEPT by __________ |
| | A) | increasing wages after 1870. |
| | B) | lowering prices for many manufactured goods. |
| | C) | making a new range of consumer goods available in new department stores. |
| | D) | allowing everyone to own a new car. |
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Unlike the nations in the industrialized core of Europe, __________ remained a largely agricultural region during the Second Industrial Revolution. |
| | A) | Belgium |
| | B) | the Netherlands |
| | C) | France |
| | D) | Russia |
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Within the socialist political parties and trade unions that formed as a result of the Industrial Revolution, __________ advocated using only revolutionary means to achieve their goals. |
| | A) | trade unions |
| | B) | the German Social Democratic Party |
| | C) | revisionists |
| | D) | pure Marxists |
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Europe's new elite consisted of all of the following EXCEPT __________ |
| | A) | lawyers. |
| | B) | bankers. |
| | C) | industrialists. |
| | D) | landed aristocrats. |
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The European middle classes shared a belief in __________ |
| | A) | building socialism by evolutionary means. |
| | B) | the violent overthrow of the bourgeoisie. |
| | C) | hard work and good conduct. |
| | D) | women's right to work. |
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As the nineteenth century progressed, working-class women in Europe __________ |
| | A) | were primarily domestic servants. |
| | B) | found opportunities for improvement as white-collar workers. |
| | C) | often joined the ranks of the feminists. |
| | D) | worked mainly at home. |
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Unlike other European nations, Great Britain __________ |
| | A) | was plagued by widespread government corruption. |
| | B) | failed to develop a strong parliamentary system. |
| | C) | developed a well-established democracy. |
| | D) | held its ministers accountable only to the king. |
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At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States gained through war or annexation all of the following territories EXCEPT __________ |
| | A) | Quebec. |
| | B) | the Philippines. |
| | C) | Hawaii. |
| | D) | Guam. |
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The Triple Alliance of 1882 was created __________ |
| | A) | as a non-aggression pact between Germany and Russia. |
| | B) | because Germany feared an anti-German alliance formed by France. |
| | C) | as a military alliance between France and Russia. |
| | D) | as a response to the Triple Entente. |
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The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina heightened tensions between Russia and __________ in the years leading up to World War I. |
| | A) | Austria-Hungary |
| | B) | the Ottoman Empire |
| | C) | Serbia |
| | D) | Italy |
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By raising questions about the nature of the human mind, __________ contributed to the uncertainty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries about reason, science, and the orderliness of nature. |
| | A) | Albert Einstein |
| | B) | Herbert Spencer |
| | C) | Sigmund Freud |
| | D) | Charles Darwin |
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At the turn of the century, anti-Semitism was strongest in __________, where persecutions and pogroms were widespread. |
| | A) | Germany |
| | B) | France |
| | C) | Austria-Hungary |
| | D) | Russia |
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By the late nineteenth century, artists began seeking new forms of expression. These changes in artistic styles have since been called __________ |
| | A) | Impressionism. |
| | B) | modernism. |
| | C) | cubism. |
| | D) | abstract expressionism. |
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