Question 1

Who was the dominant foreign power in Italy prior to unification?

Accepted Answer

A)  France
B)  Spain
C)  Papal States
D)  Savoy
E)  Austria

Question 2

Which statement best describes industrialization on the Continent by 1870?

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A)  It remained limited in its development.
B)  It had come of age based upon innovations from the British Industrial Revolution.
C)  It was never marked by depressions or recessions.
D)  It did not see the rise of trade unions.
E)  It was not challenged by socialism.

Question 3

Why was Prussia more likely than Austria to provide leadership in the cause of German unification?

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A)  Prussia lacked a strong military.
B)  Austria had few ethnic Germans living within its borders.
C)  Austria feared the creation of a strong German state in central Europe.
D)  Prussia was a large multinational empire.
E)  Prussia had lagged behind the rest of Europe in industrialization.

Question 4

What convinced Tsar Alexander II that reform was necessary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
B)  A mutiny in the Russian navy
C)  Socialist victories in the Russian Duma
D)  Defeat in the Crimean War
E)  Serious social upheaval in Russia

Question 5

In The Stonebreakers, ____ shocked viewers with its depiction of human misery.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean-Francois Millet
B)  Gustave Courbet
C)  Gustave Flaubert
D)  Charles Dickens
E)  William Thackeray

Question 6

As a consequence of its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, France had to

Accepted Answer

A)  abandon Algeria.
B)  give up the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
C)  demilitarize.
D)  agree to an defensive alliance with Prussia.
E)  give up its Asian colonies.

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Second German Empire

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Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Mexico and Emperor Maximilian

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Mexico and Emperor Maximilian have a com...

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-zemstvos

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Zemstvos were local government bodies in...

Question 10

How did Marx explain historical change? How did he apply his theory of historical change to the times in which he lived?

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Karl Marx explained historical change th...

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-"iron and blood"

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"Iron and Blood" (or "Blood and Iron") i...

Question 12

In Madame Bovary, ____ told the story of a woman trapped in loveless marriage.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean-Francois Millet
B)  Gustave Courbet
C)  Gustave Flaubert
D)  Charles Dickens
E)  William Thackeray

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Karl Marx

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Karl Marx was a German philosopher, econ...

Question 14

Which country's incursions into the Black Sea prompted England and France to enter the Crimean War in 1854?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia
B)  Turkey
C)  Germany
D)  Austria
E)  The United States

Question 15

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Accepted Answer

A)  was a moral victory but a military disaster.
B)  had little real impact.
C)  ended the Civil War.
D)  declared that most of the slaves in the United States were now free.
E)  convinced Britain to ally with the South.

Question 16

Which country did Piedmont align with during the Italian War of 1859?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia
B)  England
C)  Austria
D)  Prussia
E)  France

Question 17

What was the original reason that the North fought the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  To preserve slavery
B)  To end slavery
C)  To preserve the Union
D)  To eliminate the Democratic Party
E)  To demonstrate its technological superiority over the South

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Victor Emmanuel II

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Victor Emmanuel II was a significant his...

Question 19

What were the causes and consequences of the Crimean War?

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The Crimean War, which took place from 1...

Question 20

Mid-nineteenth century literary Realists

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A)  embraced aspects of Romanticism.
B)  avoided flowery and sentimental language.
C)  found few readers during their lifetimes.
D)  were closely aligned with political conservatives.
E)  often drew on medieval literature for inspiration.

Exam 22: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

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