Th first state to enact social welfare legislation was
Germany
What statement best characterizes Napoleon III's economic policies?
They used government action to stimulate railroad building and investment
The first and most important of the Great Reforms in Russia was the
Abolition of Serfdom
The Russian Revolution of 1905 resulted from all of the following causes except
The assassination of Alexander III
Which of the following events occurred first?
Napoleon III claimed the throne in France
The Russian zemstvo was the
institution for local government established by the Great Reforms
In the decades before 1848, ___________ pushed for a centralized democratic Italian Republic
Mazzini
Karl Leger, the popular mayor of Vienna, espoused
Anti-Semitism
Bismarck's Kulturkampf refers to
His attack on the Catholic Church in the German Empire
Which of the following events prompted liberals in the Prussian parliament to reconcile with Bismarck?
The 1866 defeat of Austria and formation of the North German Confederation
In which episode of the unification of Italy did Guiseppe Garibaldi play a key role?
The conquest and annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Louis Napoleon's election as president of the second republic and then hereditary emperor was a product of all of the following
Famous name, protection of property, positive program, image of a strong leader who would override special interests NOT Anti-Catholic beliefs
The event directly prompted the Great Reforms in Russia, including the emancipation of the serfs, was
Defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-1856
The success of Napoleon III's system was based on all of the following
His recruitment of local notables to stand as government candidates in elections, economic intervention, close attention to electoral politics, sensitivity to public opinion, NOT a successful foreign policy
Garibaldi was the leader of the
Red Shirts
Sardina-Piedmont became the leader of the Italian unification as the result of the following factors
The failure of Mazzini's style of democratic nationalism in 1848, Pope Pius IX's rejection of Italian Unification, Victor Emmanuel's granting of a liberal constitution, the able leadership of Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, NOT Austrian Support
In order to force Austria to give up it's territory in Italy, Cavour secured an alliance with
France
All of the following were a part of Prussia before 1866 except
Schleswig-Holstein
The long-established customs union among the German states was known as
Zollverein
The cash crop that revitalized the slave economy in the United States in the nineteenth century was
Cotton
Bismarck's constitution for the North German Confederation featured all of the following
A lower house elected by universal male suffrage, local control of local affairs, Prussian control of the federal government army and foreign affairs, an upper house of delegates appointed by different German states, NOT an elected president
Theodore Herzl was
The founder of the Zionist Jewish national movement
After the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia
Imposed a harsh peace on France
All of the following are consequences of the Franco-Prussian War
The completion of German unification, an upsurge of German nationalistic pride, a wave of social reform in Germany, French patriots in Paris declared another republic, NOT the collapse of the French Second Empire
The Great Reforms in Russia included all of the following except
A national Parliament
The greatest impediment to nation building in the United States was
Regional differences exacerbated by slavery
The Mexican War of 1848
Exacerbated tensions between the North and South as debate erupted over the extension of slavery into territory acquired from Mexico
The consequences of the U.S. Civil War included all of the following except
Equality for its black citizens
Sergei Witte was
The minister of Finance who led Russian industrialization in the 1890's
Witte's approach to industrialization was inspired by
The German economist Friedrich List
In 1881, _________ was assassinated by a small group of terrorists
Alexander II
The Dreyfus Affair
Revived republican distrust of Catholicism
Between 1906 and 1914, the liberal party in Britain was able to accomplish all of the following
Eliminate the House of Lords as a real power in British politics, substantially increase taxes on the rich, pass a national health-insurance program, pass a program of old-age pensions, NOT resolve the violent problems of Ireland
Which of the following major-powers was unable to harness the strength of modern nationalism?
Austria-Hungary
In 1912, the _________ party was the largest party in the Reichstag
German Social Democratic
In 1846, Marx played a key role in establishing the
First International of socialists
The Second International declared _____________ an annual international one-day strike.
01-May
In his Evolutionary Socialism, __________ suggested that socialists should reform their doctrines and tactics
Edward Bernstein
Th first state to enact social welfare legislation was
Germany
What statement best characterizes Napoleon III's economic policies?
They used government action to stimulate railroad building and investment
The first and most important of the Great Reforms in Russia was the
Abolition of Serfdom
The Russian Revolution of 1905 resulted from all of the following causes except
The assassination of Alexander III
Which of the following events occurred first?
Napoleon III claimed the throne in France
The Russian zemstvo was the
institution for local government established by the Great Reforms
In the decades before 1848, ___________ pushed for a centralized democratic Italian Republic
Mazzini
Karl Leger, the popular mayor of Vienna, espoused
Anti-Semitism
Bismarck's Kulturkampf refers to
His attack on the Catholic Church in the German Empire
Which of the following events prompted liberals in the Prussian parliament to reconcile with Bismarck?
The 1866 defeat of Austria and formation of the North German Confederation
In which episode of the unification of Italy did Guiseppe Garibaldi play a key role?
The conquest and annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Louis Napoleon's election as president of the second republic and then hereditary emperor was a product of all of the following
Famous name, protection of property, positive program, image of a strong leader who would override special interests NOT Anti-Catholic beliefs
The event directly prompted the Great Reforms in Russia, including the emancipation of the serfs, was
Defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-1856
The success of Napoleon III's system was based on all of the following
His recruitment of local notables to stand as government candidates in elections, economic intervention, close attention to electoral politics, sensitivity to public opinion, NOT a successful foreign policy
Garibaldi was the leader of the
Red Shirts
Sardina-Piedmont became the leader of the Italian unification as the result of the following factors
The failure of Mazzini's style of democratic nationalism in 1848, Pope Pius IX's rejection of Italian Unification, Victor Emmanuel's granting of a liberal constitution, the able leadership of Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, NOT Austrian Support
In order to force Austria to give up it's territory in Italy, Cavour secured an alliance with
France
All of the following were a part of Prussia before 1866 except
Schleswig-Holstein
The long-established customs union among the German states was known as
Zollverein
The cash crop that revitalized the slave economy in the United States in the nineteenth century was
Cotton
Bismarck's constitution for the North German Confederation featured all of the following
A lower house elected by universal male suffrage, local control of local affairs, Prussian control of the federal government army and foreign affairs, an upper house of delegates appointed by different German states, NOT an elected president
Theodore Herzl was
The founder of the Zionist Jewish national movement
After the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia
Imposed a harsh peace on France
All of the following are consequences of the Franco-Prussian War
The completion of German unification, an upsurge of German nationalistic pride, a wave of social reform in Germany, French patriots in Paris declared another republic, NOT the collapse of the French Second Empire
The Great Reforms in Russia included all of the following except
A national Parliament
The greatest impediment to nation building in the United States was
Regional differences exacerbated by slavery
The Mexican War of 1848
Exacerbated tensions between the North and South as debate erupted over the extension of slavery into territory acquired from Mexico
The consequences of the U.S. Civil War included all of the following except
Equality for its black citizens
Sergei Witte was
The minister of Finance who led Russian industrialization in the 1890's
Witte's approach to industrialization was inspired by
The German economist Friedrich List
In 1881, _________ was assassinated by a small group of terrorists
Alexander II
The Dreyfus Affair
Revived republican distrust of Catholicism
Between 1906 and 1914, the liberal party in Britain was able to accomplish all of the following
Eliminate the House of Lords as a real power in British politics, substantially increase taxes on the rich, pass a national health-insurance program, pass a program of old-age pensions, NOT resolve the violent problems of Ireland
Which of the following major-powers was unable to harness the strength of modern nationalism?
Austria-Hungary
In 1912, the _________ party was the largest party in the Reichstag
German Social Democratic
In 1846, Marx played a key role in establishing the
First International of socialists
The Second International declared _____________ an annual international one-day strike.
01-May
In his Evolutionary Socialism, __________ suggested that socialists should reform their doctrines and tactics
Edward Bernstein