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Which of the following was NOT an impediment to industrialization on the Continent?​


A) Customs barriers made transportation of goods expensive.
B) Continental businessmen were less enterprising than British.
C) Poor roads and difficulty with transportation.
D) Establishment of technical schools to train mechanics and engineers.
E) Businessmen were less willing to take risks in investments.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The worst conditions for the industrial working class were found in


A) coal mines
B) cottton mills.
C) steel production
D) sugar factories
E) the Wedgewood porcelain shops

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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Over 75% of the Irish population was dependent on the potato for survival. ​

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements is not true about the revolutions of 1848 in Europe?


A) The overthrow of the tsar in Moscow initiated the series of upheavals.
B) After uprisings in Budapest, Prague, and Vienna, Metternich had to flee Austria.
C) In France, Louis-Philippe was forced to abdicate.
D) The Austrians needed the help of the Russians to put down the Hungarian revolution.
E) All of the revolts in Italy failed.

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. "nationalism"

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The original role of the bourgeoisie was ​


A) a town dweller of economic means.
B) a landlord.
C) a guild-master.
D) factory owner
E) commander of a local military garrison

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Which of the following was not a result of the brief 1866 war between Austria and Prussia?


A) A Russian and Austrian defensive alliance defeated the French and British in the Balkans.
B) Austria was no longer a major participant in German affairs.
C) Bismarck organized the north German states in the North German Confederation.
D) The south German states signed military agreements with Prussia.
E) The development of unified German strength began to worry the French.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich

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How, when, and why did industrialization spread beyond Britain?

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The Eastern European state that gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830 was


A) Serbia.
B) Greece.
C) Bosnia.
D) Romania.
E) Bulgaria.

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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A country which was forced to reduce its industrial production by a more powerful competitor was


A) Argentina.
B) India.
C) Prussia.
D) Russia.
E) the United States.

F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

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Which of the following was not a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?


A) Louis Napoleon made himself Emperor of the Third Republic.
B) German unification was achieved.
C) The French suffered a military and political humiliation.
D) The south German states came under Prussian domination.
E) The loss of territory created a desire for vengeance on the part of the French.

F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. Piedmont-Sardinia

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In the mid-ninteenth century, the use of electricity spawned all of these new inventions​ EXCEPT:


A) trolleys
B) light bulbs
C) subways
D) spinning machines.
E) conveyor belts

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. Otto von Bismarck

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By 1871, all of the following are correct about Great Britain except


A) it had a functioning two-party system for fifty years.
B) both political parties supported legislation to expand the right to vote.
C) the largest political party was the Labour Party.
D) both political parties were dominated by a ruling class of aristocratic landowners often involved in industrial and financial activities and upper-middle-class business people.
E) Queen Victoria was the long-reigning monarch.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. Serbia

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Great Britain depended almost entirely upon foreign investment to support its Industrial Revolution at the beginning.

A) True
B) False

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. Sergei Witte

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The "Eastern Question" in the nineteenth century concerned the fate of


A) the Austrian Empire.
B) Great Britain.
C) Germany.
D) the Ottoman Empire.
E) Russia.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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