POLITICS & DIPLOMACY IN THE AGE OF NATIONALISM Flashcards
All of the following were related to the Eastern Question EXCEPT
A. Pan-Slavism B. the Congress of Berlin of 1878 C. the Crimean War D. the Kruger Telegram E. the Treaty of San Stefano
D. the Kruger Telegram
Which of the following countries intervened militarily in Mexico in the 1860s in an attempt to establish colonial control?
A. Germany B. Sweden C. Portugal D. Italy E. France
E. France
The country that pioneered social insurance legislation in the late nineteenth century was
A. Great Britain B. France C. Germany D. Austria E. Russia
C. Germany
In France, the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 and the Commune of 1871 primarily took what form?
A. Peasant revolts directed at aristocratic landowners
B. Army mutinies, soon joined by sympathetic civilians
C. Parisian insurrections, with armed civilians barricading streets
D. Uprisings organized by underground societies in multiple cities
E. Coups d’état carried out by small groups of professional revolutionaries
C. Parisian insurrections, with armed civilians barricading streets
The National Workshops were established in France in order to
A. compete with cheap goods being produced in America
B. mass produce military weapons
C. produce quality wines for the European market
D. reduce high urban, especially Parisian, unemployment
E. promote Protestant social reforms
D. reduce high urban, especially Parisian, unemployment
All of the following were among the Great Reforms implemented in Russia during the reign of Alexander II (1855–1881) EXCEPT
A. the establishment of a parliament
B. the creation of regional councils known as zemstvos
C. the emancipation of the serfs
D. judicial reforms that granted all Russians access to civil courts
E. military reforms that reduced the length of the term of service for conscripts
A. the establishment of a parliament
The Second International, formed in 1889, lost its reason for existence primarily because of the
A. disintegration of socialist international solidarity in the face of wartime nationalism
B. disintegration of the German Social Democratic Party
C. Russian Bolshevik Revolution, which was repudiated by western European socialists
D. militarism of the French socialist leader, Jean Jaurès
E. disputes between French and German socialists over the question of Alsace-Lorraine
A. disintegration of socialist international solidarity in the face of wartime nationalism
The label “the sick man of Europe” was most commonly applied during the nineteenth century to which of the following?
A. Austro-Hungarian Empire B. The Papal States C. Kingdom of Spain D. Ottoman Empire E. Russian Empire
D. Ottoman Empire
Which of the following represented the most serious challenge to the territorial integrity of Austria-Hungary in the period 1867–1914 ?
A. The unification of Italy B. The unification of Germany C. Ethnic nationalism D. The Jewish question E. International socialism
C. Ethnic nationalism
