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STRAIGHTERLINE - WESTERN CIV. II - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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STRAIGHTERLINE - WESTERN CIV. II -FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
When Napoleon fled Elba and returned to France in March 1815, - Answer-much of the
French army defected to his side; he offered the French people a liberal constitution; he
ensured that the final peace would be harsher against France; he undermined Bourbon
authority; ALL ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
The philosophes believed the most important function of philosophy was to pursue -
Answer-the rational study of human behavior
Among the barriers to industrialization in early modern Europe were - Answer-old-
fashioned and inflexible business practices; small markets; cultural attitudes; guild and
government restrictions; ALL ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
Mary Wollstonecraft argued that - Answer-women were kept in a weak state by society;
the answer to women's condition was education; Rousseau's vision of women was
incorrect; Rousseau's theories be extended to women; ALL ANSWERS ARE
CORRECT
After the fall of Napoleon, France - Answer-kept many changes of the revolutionary and
Napoleonic regimes
By the 1850s which areas of Europe had experienced major industrialization? - Answer-
Belgium, France, northern Italy, western Germany
In 1900, which of the following parties was founded in Britain? - Answer-the Labour
party
As a result of the revolutions of 1848, serfdom was abolished in - Answer-Austria
The widespread nature of anti-Semitism was due to which of the following factors? -
Answer-it was part of a wider attack on liberalism; Jews appeared to symbolize liberal,
capitalist society; nationalists viewed Jews as a threat to national traditions; Social
Darwinism encouraged it; ALL ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
The political norm in Europe after World War I was - Answer-constitutional democracy
Which was NOT among the underlying reasons for war in 1914? - Answer-the
effectiveness of the alliance system in achieving security and encouraging negotiated
solutions
, The rush of Europeans to Cape Colony and the Boer colonies at the end of the
nineteenth century was driven by - Answer-gold and diamonds
The nineteenth century saw the invention of - Answer-photography
The Second Republic - Answer-was established when Louis Philippe abdicated and
was led by Alphonse de Lamartine
Once in power, Bismarck - Answer-dissolved the parliament
The threats to the mercantile colonial world included all of the following except -
Answer-the papacy
Karl Marx argued that - Answer-the class which controls the means of production
determines society's laws, values, and cultural forms
The key diplomatic achievement of Bismarck's foreign policy was - Answer-a formal
alliance with Austria-Hungary
Imperialism shaped gender among white Europeans in which of the following ways? -
Answer-women were expected to prevent the interbreeding of people regarded as
racially different
Which of the following groups generally experienced the greatest improvement in
income and standards of living as a result of World War I? - Answer-working-class
families and peasants
Britain's success in representative government rested upon - Answer-a strong two-party
system to channel political action
The regime of Napoleon III fell in spite of the fact that it - Answer-invested in massive
social programs
Social Darwinism - Answer-applied Darwin's ideas to society; ignored crucial parts of
Darwin's theories; became linked to theories of genetics; was used to justify competition
in markets or between nations; ALL ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
Where were the major European international crises in the decade before World War I?
- Answer-North Africa and the Balkans
The United States - Answer-fought a resistance movement in the Philippines
British rule in India - Answer-depended upon indirect policies of governing; relied upon
the compliance of traditional leaders to carry out colonial policies; sought to cultivate
legitimacy by using local manpower; relied upon the compliance of traditional leaders to
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