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1
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What does a high tariff do to the price of domestic products

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makes domestic prices low by adding to the price of foreign goods

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2
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Through reforms that took place during the late 1800s, Britain transformed itself into

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a parliamentary democracy

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industry and large-scale ventures were approved by Napoleon. One was the building of the Suez Canal in Egypt to

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link the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea

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4
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Under the Napoleonic Code, French married women

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had no right to their own earnings

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5
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The Chartist movement in Britain demanded

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the secret ballot

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Rotten boroughs in Britain were

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rural towns that had an unfairly large number of representatives in Parliament

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7
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The Suez Canal was built by

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Ferdinand de Lesseps

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What was a result of widespread anti-Semitism in Europe in the late 1800s

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Theodor Herzl helped to launch modern Zionism

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What did Theodore Herzl call for

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Jews to form their own separate state

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Through the aid of Prince Maximilian, Napoleon lll hoped to

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turn Mexico into a french satellite

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What is a tithe

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tax for the support of the church and clergy

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12
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What war brought an end to France’s Second Empire?

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Franco-Prussian War

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What happened to France after Napoleon lll was captured

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They declared an end to the Second Empire and set up a provisional government

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Which of the following did NOT cause almost a million people to die of starvation and disease during the “Great Hunger”

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social welfare laws did not protect the workers with insurance

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Which of the following was a socialist group that had a strong influence on British politics

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the Fabian Society

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16
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Charles Stewart Parnell was a leading figure in the

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Irish nationalist movement

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17
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Who did Napoleon lll make an enemy of when he took Nice and Savoy after helping this country fight off Austria

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A united Italy

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18
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What did free traders argue would happen if the Corn Laws were repealed

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the price of grain would go lower

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19
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The suffragist were reformers who wanted to

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get women the right to vote

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20
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How is the prime minister chosen in a Parliamentary Democracy

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by Parliament

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21
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the British corn laws were supported by

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farmers and wealthy landowners, because they kept grain prices high

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22
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The Dreyfus Affair grew out of

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anti-Semitism

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23
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In 1832, large towns and cities in Britain received greater representation in Parliament as a result of

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the Great Reform Act.

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What was the problem with rotten boroughs

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The population had shifted, but the seat distribution had not been changed

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25
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Why would the British make trade unions legal but not allow strikes

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the government feared that strikes would hurt industries or the economy

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26
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In the 1800s what was a major reason why the Irish resented the British in Ireland

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Irish peasants paid high rents to British absentee landlords

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27
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Which two men alternated as prime minister in Great Britain

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Disraeli and Gladstone

28
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What major step toward democracy did Britain take in 1911?

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it curbed the power of the unelected House of Lords

29
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By the 1860s, Benjamin Disraeli had forged the old Tory Party into the modern

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conservative party

30
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When it was founded in 1900, the British Labour Party was primarily made up of

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socialists and union members

31
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Which statement best describes Queen Victoria

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She was a symbol of social values but did not support women’s suffrage

32
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One result of the social welfare reforms passed in Great Britain in the early 1900s was that

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Marxism gained only limited support among the British working class

33
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Why did Emmeline Pankhurst and others take more drastic steps

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Women under 3 were given the right to vote but not women older

34
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Which brand hold the power in a Parliamentary Democracy

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Legislative

35
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Which of the statements below is true about British social reforms of the mid-1800s

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New laws limited women and children to a 10-hr work day

36
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By the end of the 1800s, Britain transformed itself from a

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constitutional monarchy to a parliamentary democracy

37
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After the Conservative Party pushed through the Reform Bill of 1867 the Liberal Party extended suffrage and gave voting rights to

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farmworkers and most other men.

38
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The Reform Act of 1832 enlarged the electorate, but did not change what?

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property requirement to vote was upheld

39
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Why were the Chartists not satisfied with the Reform Act of 1832?

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The bill did not help many rural or urban workers, who could not meet the property requirement.

40
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Among demands of Chartists were

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universal male suffrage and a secret ballot

41
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Queen Victoria represented many values, how did these values relate to economic reform?

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They promoted reform because they were widely adopted by people at all levels of society.

42
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What major step toward democracy did Britain take in 1911?

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It curbed the power of the unelected House of Lords.

43
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The Reform Act of 1832 gave a greater political voice to

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middle-class men.

44
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The Reform Bill of 1867

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doubled the number of voters.

45
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What was the problem with rotten boroughs

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The population had shifted, but the seat distribution had not been changed.

46
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Reformers of the criminal justice system began to reduce the number of capital offenses. Instead of the death penalty,

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convicts were sent to penal colonies

47
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Along with murder, shoplifting, sheep stealing, and impersonating an army veteran were a capital offense. This lead juries in Britain

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to refuse to convict criminals because the punishments were too harsh.

48
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What is a tithe?

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tax for the support of the church and clergy

49
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The suffragists were reformers who wanted to

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get women the right to vote.

50
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Why did Emmeline Pankhurst and others take more drastic steps?

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The earlier methods had not worked.

51
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What did free traders argue would happen if the Corn Laws were repealed?

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the price of grain would go lower

52
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The Irish never accepted British rule and bitterly resented

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absentee landlords that owned large estates but did not live on them

53
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Which statement describes British labor unions in the 1800s?

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Membership grew, and workers gained many protections and benefits.

54
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What is one reason Marxism did NOT gain much support from British workers?

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The British government passed many social welfare laws.

55
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During the late 1800s the Conservative and Liberal parties both pushed social reform to benefit the working class. Which of the following happened? CHOOSE MORE THAN 1!!

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health and housing improvements for workers in the city, free elementary education, government jobs based on merit

56
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How did the French helping the Italians defeat the Austrians backfire on Napoleon III?

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Italy emerged as a rival on France’s border

57
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What happened in France after Napoleon III was captured?

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They declared an end to the Second Empire and set up a provisional government.

58
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Why was Napoleon III appealing to all classes of people in France when he set up the Second Empire?

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The bourgeoisie saw him as a strong leader and he promised the poor he would end poverty.

59
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The Dreyfus Affair grew out of

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anti-Semitism

60
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What were the terms of the peace negotiated with Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?

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France surrendered the territories of Alsace and Lorraine and had to pay a large sum of money to Germany.

61
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Why did Napoleon III place Maximilian, a Hapsburg prince, on the throne in Mexico?

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He was trying to turn Mexico into a French satellite.

62
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Which statement describes church-state relations in France in the early 1900s?

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The government tried to limit the power of the Church.

63
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What was different between how French women tried to get the right to vote compared to how British women tried?

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The French favored legal protests.

64
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Napoleon III began to ease controls giving people more rights and power. Before the war with Prussia he

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issued a new constitution that extended democratic rights.

65
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The Third Republic had a two-house legislature with the lower house elected through universal male suffrage. The two houses elected the president of the republic but the real power was with

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the premier.

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