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How did the American Revolution influence the Haitian Revolution?

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By giving gens de couleur an opportunity to fight for freedom

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Who led the Haitian Revolution?

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Toussaint L'Ouverture

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What were the decisions made at the Congress of Vienna designed to do?

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Restore the status quo

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Which led to revolution in Latin America in the early nineteenth century?

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Criollo frustration over the control of Peninsulares

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Which is NOT a way the Napoleonic Wars inspired nationalism?

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By contributing to the spread of conservative ideals

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Who came to power in France as a result of the revolution of 1848?

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Napoleon III

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Which was NOT an underlying cause of the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in Europe?

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Abolitionism

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Which occurred in France but NOT in Britain as each country progressed toward greater democracy in the nineteenth century?

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Violent revolutions

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Which problem in Britain's system of representative government was addressed during the period of reform in the nineteenth century?

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Unfair representation based on population

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Which resulted from the Reform Bills passed in Britain in the nineteenth century?

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expansion of voting rights for men

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Which member of Parliament introduced resolutions calling for the end of the salve trade?

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William Wilberforce

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How did Mary Wollstonecraft critique the limits of revolutionary ideals in her essay "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"?

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She claimed that Locke's natural rights belonged to women as well as men

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Which former slave gave a famous anti-slavery speech in which he called the Fourth of July celebration a "hollow mockery"?

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Frederick Douglass

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Who wrote a best-selling anti-slavery book about his experience as a slave in the west Indies, Virginia, and Pennsylvania?

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Olaudah Equiano

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Which became the major commodity exported from West Africa following the end of the slave trade?

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Palm oil

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Which was the main goal of Zionism?

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A national state in Palestine

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Which was accomplished by the First Zionist Congress?

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Development of a platform

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Which best describes the change nationalism underwent during the nineteenth century?

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Grew more political

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Which was NOT an effect of Antisemitism in the nineteenth century?

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The spread of nationalism

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Which did the Grimms think gives most insight to the shared of a national group?

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Folktales

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Who is most closely associated with the unification of Germany?

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Bismark

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Which best describes the unification of Italy?

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Established an Italian monarchy under the king of Piedmont-Sardinia

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Which best describes the effect of migration in the 1800s?

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Cities grew more crowded

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Which best describes the unification of Germany?

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Manufactured by Prussia

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Which best describes migration patterns in the nineteenth century?

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Changes in agriculture drove people to move to industrial cities

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Which best describes an argument made by socialists against industrialization?

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Capitalism leads to the unequal distribution of wealth

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Which inventions helped the Industrial Revolution progress beyond the textile industry?

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Steam engine, locomotive, and telegraph

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Which was a foundation of the Industrial Revolution?

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The financial system and entrepreneurialism of Great Britain

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Which was NOT an invention that fueled the Industrial Revolution?

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Astrolabe

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Which was an inherent feature of the factory system?

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Mass production

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Which was a contribution made by Eli Whitney?

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Interchangeable parts

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How did John Rockefeller contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

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By creating a monopoly in the oil industry

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Which is a component of industrial capitalism?

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Investment banks

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Which is NOT a component of the "Fruits of Industry"?

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Air quality

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Which is NOT a reason that the Industrial Revolution began in England?

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Lack of any agricultural industry

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Which best describes the gender-specific social group that emerged during the Industrial Revolution?

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Isolated and often lonely homemakers who were limited to the domestic space

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Which is an argument made by Marx and Engels?

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Human history is defined by the struggle between classes

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Which was a major purpose behind Britain's Cotton Factories Regulation Act?

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Establish a minimum working age

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Which was NOT a socialist critique of industrial capitalism?

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Innovation is curtailed when people pursue self interests

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Which describes the impact of urbanization during the early part of the Industrial Revolution?

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Cities grew crowded and unhealthy

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Which best explains how Western nations dominated less-developed regions in the Industrial Age?

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By using economic leverage and military intimidation to open foreign markets to Western products

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Which was NOT a global effect of Industrialization?

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End to the inequitable system of dependent economies

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Which best describes industrialization in England and Japan?

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Both countries utilized their industrial output to build modern weapons of warfare

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Which statement best compares middle-class and lower-class women during the Industrial Revolution?

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Middle-class women adhered to the cult of domesticity more than lower-class women who often worked outside the home

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Which best describes the roles of lower-c;ass and middle-class women in the Industrial Age?

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Middle-class women had fewer job opportunities than lower-class women

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How did the Durham Report of 1839 help lead to Canadian independence?

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It argued for increasing the power or provincial assemblies

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Which cultural factor aided Canada in protecting itself from U.S. influence?

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Canada, unlike the United States, remained within the cultural and political orbit of Great Britain

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In which area of life did British Canadians and French Canadians in the late nineteenth century NOT differ?

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Citizenship rights

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Which was a result of westward expansion in the United States?

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The spread of agriculture and industry led to environmental damage

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How was the U.S. Civil War a significant factor in that country's future as a world power?

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By keeping the nation united and large, the war ensured the future strength of the United States

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How were the janissaries a cause of the decline of the Ottoman Empire?

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The janissaries blocked efforts to upgrade other sections of the military in order to maintain their own power

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Which describes the impact of the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad on Russia?

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The railroad opened eastern Russia to the development of resources such as coal and iron

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Which was a major reason that Tsar Alexander II freed Russia's serfs?

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Serf discontent had reached a level that endangered stability

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Which group within the Ottoman Empire was frustrated and disappointed by the results of the Young Turk coup of 1908?

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Arab populations in Ottoman territories

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Which was an outcome of Russia's involvement in the Crimean War?

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The tsar and other Russian leaders tried to modernize their nation

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Which was NOT a result of Bloody Sunday?

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The monarchy of the Romanov tsars was overthrown

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Which impact did the Russo-Japanese War have?

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Defeat in the war hastened the revolution by increasing the people's discontent

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Which role did the intelligentsia play in the protests of the late nineteenth century?

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They helped inspire and justify the protests

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How did the emancipation of the serfs affect Russia's factories?

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It increased the labor pool available for factory work

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Which sentence best describes Nicholas II?

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He was a weak-willed monarch who trusted the wrong people's advice

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What did the Boxers demand?

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The expulsion of foreigners from China

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Which was an outcome of the Taiping Rebellion?

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Massive Starvation

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Which statement best describes an impact that the Treaty of Nanjing had on China?

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It forced China to accept humiliating economic demands

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Which is an accurate description of the ideas of the Self-Strengthening Movement?

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Industrialization should be combined with Confucian values

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Which problem did Qing China, Romanov Russia, and the Ottoman Empire all face in the late nineteenth century?

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Competition from western Europe

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Which did the victorious British have at the battle of Omdurman that the defeated Sundanese lacked?

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Machine guns

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Which is an example of how technology made imperialism possible?

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Ironclad ships were sturdier in battle than wooden ones

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According to British author Rudyard Kipling and like-minded imperialists, why was his nation justified in colonizing Africa and Asia?

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Advanced nations had a duty to civilize less advanced ones

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How did the British Empire differ after the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857?

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The government took over direct control from the East India Company

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Which was NOT an important motive for nineteenth-century European imperialism?

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Desire to end political dissent

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How did direct and indirect colonial rule differ regarding established indigenous rulers?

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Indirect rule incorporated local rulers, laws, and infrastructures; direct rule implemented policies that intentionally weakened indigenous power networks and institutions

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How did the existence of European-controlled colonies in Asia transform the South Pacific during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

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Indentured servants from Asia were sent to labor on plantations in the South Pacific

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Which was an outcome of the Boer War?

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The Afrikaners dominated political policy in South Africa

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Which event did NOT influence the scramble for Africa?

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The discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of South Africa

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How did the Russian Empire consolidate its imperial claim in Central Asia during the nineteenth century?

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Importing Russian peasants to farm the steppes

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Which best describes a way that racism became a legacy of imperialism?

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Imperialists used racism to justify their conquests

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Which best explains a demographic change that resulted from imperialism during the nineteenth century?

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Many people settled in colonies as a way to improve their social status

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Which best describes European imperialism in the Pacific?

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Intended to create refueling stations

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Which was NOT a reason for U.S. imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

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Increase immigration rates

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Against which country did Imperial Japan fight a war in the late nineteenth century?

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China

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