Ap History Chapter 26
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Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women
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belong in \"separate spheres.\"
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The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers was
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the labor union movement.
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In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels argued that the elimination of private property would
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establish a new society without government.
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What ideology questioned the sanctity of private property?
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Socialism
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The provincial leaders of Choshu and Satsuma found the most effective strategy to protect Japan against foreigners was
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consolidation of their forces to overthrow the shogunate.
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A significant source of conflict between Russia and Austro-Hungary was
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Austria's attempts to dominate the Balkans, which undercut Russia's role as \"protector\" of the Slavic peoples.
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The growth of towns and cities was made easier by railways, creating the commuter society. This affected primarily which class?
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Working-class laborers in the suburbs
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Most railways were built by European or American engineers with equipment from the West. The exception to this was in
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Japan.
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The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due to
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a drop in the death rate.
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When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880s,
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businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers.
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The first place where universal male suffrage became law was in:
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United States
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One of the most significant reforms undertaken by Japan's Meiji oligarchs was
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limiting the power of the emperor
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How was ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?
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All of these
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The most influential idea of the nineteenth century was
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nationalism.
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Why were women considered well suited for teaching jobs?
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Teaching was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers.
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Workers around the world primarily sought change
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by participating in the political system through voting.
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The most important duty of middle class women was considered:
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raising children.
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The most successful leader of Italian unification efforts was:
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Giuseppe Garabaldi
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Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?
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Matthew Perry
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The \"annihilation of time and space,\" extolled by the public and the press, referred especially to
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submarine telegraph cables.
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The Meiji transformed the government and incorporated
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European practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture
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Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state focused on using
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industry and nationalism.
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The Treaty of Kanagawa of 1854
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was modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China.
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Who was the most famous early-nineteenth-century nationalist?
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Giuseppe Mazzini
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The concept of Social Darwinism argued that
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social and radical differences resulted from natural processes
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By 1900, Britain controlled all of the following industries EXCEPT:
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chemical dyes
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Suffragists lobbied for which reform of women's lives?
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the right to vote.
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The most important urban technological innovation was
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pipes for water and sewage.
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Families were considered middle class only if they
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employed a full-time servant
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The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family wherein
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the home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge.
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The Boxer Uprising was a series of riots
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encouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence.
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The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; therefore,
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Japan closed its border to foreigners
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Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?
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Their empires included many ethnic and language groups.
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The early-twentieth-century Chinese plan for reform was the
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\"self-strengthening movement.\"
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Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germany
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had the most advanced scientific institutions.
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The Meiji rulers sought to strengthen Japan by
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embracing foreign ideas, institutions, and techniques
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One direct result of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was the
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popular revolt that forced the creation of the Duma and a new constitution
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New models of urban development laid out city plans modeled after:
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Chicago
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In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of the
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shoguns.
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The most prominent early use of electric current was
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for lighting.
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Which of the following was not an idea of liberalism?
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Equality for all peoples
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One of the most significant environmental effects of building railroads was
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vast consumption of lumber.
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A significant point of dispute between France and Germany was
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Germany's seizure of Alsace and Lorraine
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The revolutions of 1848 convinced politicians that
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they couldn't keep the people out of politics forever
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Karl Marx defined \"surplus value\" as the
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difference between wages and the value of goods
