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T/F: In pre-revolutionary French Saint-Domingue, white settlers outnumbered African slaves but still feared slave rebellions.

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False

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Paul Revere's famous midnight ride was undertaken in response to the British army's attempt, in April 1775, to seize what from the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts?

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weapons and ammunition

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Why did Napoleon revoke the abolition of slavery and send troops to fight Haitian revolutionaries?

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He wanted to rebuild the French empire.

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Where was Caribbean revolutionary Vincent Ogé in 1789 when he was first exposed to the new ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity?

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France

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The Great Reform Bill of 1832 reformed the British Parliamentary system by shifting seats to

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The north

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Mozart wrote many pieces of music for what fraternal organization that became very popular with various Enlightenment thinkers?

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The freemasons

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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both from wealthy planter families located in what colony?

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Virginia

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Emperor Louis-Napoleon of France provoked Wilhelm I by preventing one of his relatives from taking the throne of

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Spain

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What did Parisians hope to find in the Bastille, which they attacked on July 14, 1789?

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weapons

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Bismarck's plan for the unification of Germany involved ultimately creating a war with

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France

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What was the "White Terror" in France following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy?

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Royalists and nobles who returned to France and attacked republicans in revenge.

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T/F: Rousseau was an atheist and believed that man had been at his best when he existed in a natural state, before being corrupted by religious systems.

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False

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The economic causes of the French Revolution are tied to bad harvests in 1786-87 and to crippling debt from loaning money to

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American Revolutionaries

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According to Adam Smith, the market should be left free of restrictions and allowed to regulate itself by the forces of _________________.

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supply and demand

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The Confederation of 39 German States created by the Congress of Vienna became a power struggle between Prussia and

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Austria

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The Haitian Revolution was more radical than the American or French Revolutions that proceeded it because of what factor?

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Slaves led the revolution and liberated themselves.

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At the time of the French Revolution in the eighteenth century, the French colony on Hispaniola produced half of the world's supply of what commodity?

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sugar

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The American Constitution created an effective federal system, and provided amendments to address Enlightenment ideals, but it avoided any definitive statements on what divisive issue?

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slavery

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American colonists objected to paying the tax on tea because they knew the tax was really a subsidy for

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the British East India Company

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Although slavery was abolished in the U.S. following the Civil War, freed African-Americans in the South lost what kinds of rights between 1877 and 1914?

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voting rights

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Immediately after Mexico ceded the territory of California to the United States in 1848, what was discovered there?

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gold

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Creole cowboys in the Argentine pampas were called

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gauchos

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The United States expanded into the southeast in the 1820s as demand grew for what agricultural product?

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cotton

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In 1914, the United States completed construction on a canal crossing what newly formed state in Latin America?

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Panama

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José de San Martin incorporated what peoples into his Army of the Andes?

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black volunteers

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Although born in what is now Venezuela, where did Simón Bolívar first conceive of the idea of a constitutional republic in New Granada (South America)?

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France

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The southern part of Brazil in the nineteenth century was dominated by what kind of plantations?

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coffee

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After liberating Gran Colombia from Spanish rule, Bolívar joined forces with San Martín to free what other territory from Spain?

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Peru

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One of the electoral reforms introduced into Argentina in 1912 was the right to voting by

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Secret ballot

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Hidalgo avoided an attack on Mexico City, and thus set up his rebel army for defeat, because he was concerned about what?

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The violence of the rebellion

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Importation of slaves into Brazil was ended in 1849 when what country sent warships?

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Britain

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T/F: Pedro I of Brazil favored created the institution of a constitutional monarchy with broad voting rights.

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False

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Although located in different regions, and having different methods, both Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa wanted what to happen in Mexico?

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Land reform to help the poor

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In 1810, creoles and pardos called for juntas in support of open elections and to protest when who was removed from power?

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Fernando VII

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In the independence revolutions that liberated Argentina, the Spanish defended the region around Potosí most heavily, because the region contained what in particular?

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Silver Mines

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The American settlers in the Mexican province of Texas came into conflict with the Mexican government when they refused to abide by what law?

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the abolition of slavery

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Which of the following is the best definition of the term pardos as it applies to Latin America in the nineteenth century?

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Free black or mulatto craftsmen

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The Peruvian economy revived in the mid-1800s when it began to export what natural resource?

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guano

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The United States issued its Monroe Doctrine in 1823, which was aimed at limiting what influence in the Western Hemisphere?

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European

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In addition to being well-educated and a revolutionary leader, what occupation did Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla have?

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priest

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T/F: According to the extraterritoriality policy of the Treaty of Nanjing, British subjects in China were to be tried by the Chinese, but faced more lenient punishments.

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False

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According to the principle of kokutai, Japan's leadership is unique because

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the line of emperors is unbroken.

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Prince Gong was convinced that the westerners who fought China in the Second Opium War would eventually

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assimilate with China as outsiders always did.

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Meiji means

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Enlightened rule

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Late Qing Chinese society had many different options when it came to studying the outside world; what did Xu Jiyu contribute to that field?

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description of world geography

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What did Lin Zexu do with the 20,000 chests of opium that were surrendered at Canton in 1839?

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He treated it with lime and water and flushed it away.

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Why did Qing officials call the Taiping rebels the "long-haired rebels"?

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The rebels grew out the hair on their forehead to signal their break with the Qing.

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Opening up a treaty port in Shanghai gave the British and other European powers access to what crucial waterway?

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Yangzi

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The United States used its money from the Boxer Protocols of 1901, the settlement to the Boxer Rebellion, to

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sponsor Chinese students studying in America.

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The Qing agreed to end the Second Opium War after the British and French attacked what city?

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Bejing

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In the Treaty of Nanjing (1842), Britain acquired what crucial island and deepwater harbor, of which they retained control until 1997?

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Hong Kong

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By 1894, China and Japan were at war with one another over

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Korea

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The Qianlong emperor rejected Lord Macartney's request to establish an embassy in China because

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European merchants offered little that the Chinese needed or wanted.

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When the Meiji looked to European and American models for their constitution, what country did they draw the most heavily from?

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Germany

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When Japanese diplomats were sent to the United States in 1860, what did the Meiji government expect them to do?

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Keep diaries

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At the end of the Second Opium War, the Qing were forced to create a new board in the government, the Zongli Yamen, which was intended to handle

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all foreign relations with Europe

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In addition to hating foreigners and being anti-Qing, the Boxers attacked

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Christians

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T/F: Japan industrialized so rapidly in the late nineteenth century that she had to import most of the raw materials she needed to keep the factories running.

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True

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Who prevented a complete takeover of China by any one foreign power in 1899, by proposing the "open door" policy?

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U.S.

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The Mitsubishi zaibatsu, known today for producing cars, began in what industry?

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coastal shipping

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Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798 but was driven back to France in 1801 by

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a British fleet

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In 1683 Ottomans laid siege to Vienna but were turned back by a relief force of

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Poles

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One of the features of the "New Order" reforms of the Ottoman military was the introduction of new corps of soldiers who were trained in

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artillery

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Why did Witte believe that Russia needed faster access to Siberia?

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To extend Russia's reach into mineral reserves.

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The Janissary revolt of 1807 began with the refusal of the janissaries to

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wear new uniforms

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What was the first country in Europe to create a state based on ethnic nationalism, in 1832?

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Greece

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According to the Fortunate Edict, Christians and Jews were also required to

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do military service

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According to the Fortunate Edict, Christians and Jews were also required to

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Britain

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One of the causes of the Crimean War was the claim of Napoleon III of France to be the special protector of

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Christian holy places in Palestine.

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Although secular schools were introduced into the Ottoman world in the late nineteenth century, why did they lag in popularity behind religious schools?

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the secular schools were underfunded

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From 1772-1795, Catherine the Great conspired with Prussia and ___________, to take apart Poland.

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Austria

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In 1908 Sultan Abdülhamit formed a secret alliance of soldiers, religious students, and religious brotherhoods to oppose

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the Young Turks

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How did the Ottoman Empire deal with the ethnic nationalist movement among the Armenians from 1894-1896?

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Suppressed it with massacres by Kurds.

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The Pashtu tribes of Afghanistan revolted against the Safavids of Persia, and in 1722, ended the dynasty, because they resented Safavid

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preaching of Shiite Islam to them.

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Why did the Qajar have a military unit called the Cossack Brigade?

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The brigade was trained by Russian officers.

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Although Russia did finally build railroads by 1890, one problems with her lines was that they

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were of a different gauge from the rest of Europe.

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By 1900, the nineteenth century balance of power had shifted to a new rivalry between Britain and

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Germany

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What office did Sergei Witte hold that allowed him to encourage industrialization in Russia in the 1890s?

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finance minister

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The Land Code of 1858 failed in part because the sultan's government could not afford to

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appoint tax collectors

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Nicholas II was an extremely anti-constitutionalist ruler, and distrusted any group outside of the mainstream, which led him to institute pogroms in 1903-1906 against what group?

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Jews

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Freud believed that subconscious ____________ drives influenced the actions of most people.

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sexual

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What medical advances in the second industrial revolution contributed to the rapid population growth experienced by Europe in the late nineteenth century?

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vaccinations

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The first real internal combustion engine vehicle was driven through what European city in 1874?

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Vienna

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Friedrich Engels, the son of a mill owner, wrote a book complaining about

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factory working conditions

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Which industrialist critic tried to organize a national workers' strike of trade unions in England?

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Robert Owen

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T/F: In the United States, steamships were used to open up several river systems to trade, as well as the Great Lakes.

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True

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in Britain had given more power to the House of Commons in Parliament and to

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the merchant class

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Electricity was used to generate power in the nineteenth century, but its primary role in the industrial revolution was in the field of

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communications

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Ferdinand von Zeppelin's dirigible was constructed of an aluminum frame with inflatable bags of what gas?

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hydrogen

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The use of cordite in weapons was important because it removed what from the battlefield?

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Smoke from weapons

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T/F: Among the issues promoted by the Chartist movement was women's suffrage.

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False

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The invention of dynamite allowed for construction projects such as the building of what shipping waterway in 1914?

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The Panama Canal

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The use of structural steel and steel-reinforced concrete allowed what kind of building construction by the end of the nineteenth century?

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High rise sky scrapers

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Cheap cotton cloth, called "calicoes" became popular in the eighteenth century because unlike wool, cotton cloth was

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easier to wash

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Hiram Maxim invented what new weapon technology in 1884?

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the machine gun

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Why were women and children favored as factory workers in the early 1800s?

answer

They were paid less than male workers.

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"Wireless telegraph" became very important in shipping because it allowed ships to communicate

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while at sea

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According to the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, all human history was a history of

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class struggle

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To encourage the development of their own industries, how did the United States protect its businesses?

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It instituted high tariffs.

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In the 1860s and 1870s, living conditions improved in Europe in part because what infrastructure was developed?

answer

sewers

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After 1783, why did the British feel the need to use Australia as a penal colony?

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The loss of the American colonies left Britain without a penal colony.

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The Great Mutiny of 1857 began because of rumors among the Hindu and Muslim Sepoy troops about

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the use of pig and beef fat on ammunition cartridges.

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Henry Morton Stanley was a

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journalist

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Britain, France, and ________ were the first Europeans to establish trading posts in India.

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the Netherlands

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When the British banned the slave trade in 1807, the Ashante of Ghana changed to trading what agricultural commodity?

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palm oil

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Who supplied local Ottoman corsairs with guns in an attempt to fight off French attempts at colonization?

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Britain

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By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the rule of the Mughal were limited to what two cities in India?

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Delhi and Agra

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The Portuguese, who were interested in establishing a trade fort in sixteenth-century Malacca, instead moved to the Maluku Islands to avoid confrontation with

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the Aceh Sultanate.

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Muhammad Ali transformed Egypt's traditional farming culture into large estates producing commercially profitable

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cotton

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When Australia instituted new labor and political reforms in the 1890s, how did their policy of immigration change?

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The Australian government instituted a whites-only immigration policy.

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T/F: Al-Hajj Umar, leader of a reforming group in West Africa, forcibly converted the followers of native religions.

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True

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With whom did Britain fight the "Great Game" for control of Afghanistan in the 1830s?

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Russia

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Manila was the center of Spanish trade in ____________ throughout the sixteenth century.

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silver

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In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire was determined to replace whom in order to control Eastern Europe?

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The Ottoman Empire

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T/F: The Concert of Europe was successful in preventing war in Europe from 1815 - 1914 and limited European expansion into Africa.

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False

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The beys of Tunisia modernized their military and were the first Muslim state in North Africa to

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adopt a constitution

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In 1877 Queen Victoria added what title to her collection, to reflect the importance of India in the British Empire?

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Empress of India

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Muhammad Ahmad Ibn Abdallah, who claimed to be a Mahdi, was the head of what group?

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A sufi brotherhood

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Why was Emilio Aguinaldo brought from Hong Kong to the Philippines in 1898?

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To help the U.S. defeat the Spanish.

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The Dutch and British naval trade interests were combined in the Glorious Revolution that

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put William of Orange on the throne of England.

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