Glencoe World History

Chapter 20: Mass Society and Democracy, 1870–1914

Mass Society and Democracy, 1870-1914

1
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
2
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.
3
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
4
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
5
Europe's new elite consisted of all of the following EXCEPT __________
A)lawyers.
B)bankers.
C)industrialists.
D)landed aristocrats.
6
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.
7
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.
8
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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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
12
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
13
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
14
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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