The Responsive National State

Question 1

What German term meant “the struggle for civilization”?

Answer 1

Kulturekampf

Question 2

What did Kulturekampf want to control?

Answer 2

The Catholic Church

Question 3

After which year did Europe see the establishment of the firm nation-states?

Answer 3

1871

Question 4

By 1914, what had become the rule rather than the exception in Europe?

Answer 4

Universal manhood suffrage

Question 5

Which nation gave most women the right to vote by 1914?

Answer 5

Norway

Question 6

What did governments manipulate to create a sense of unity and divert attention from class conflicts?

Answer 6

Nationalism

Question 7

Who was one group that national leaders in many countries whipped up animosity against to boost nationalism?

Answer 7

Jews

Question 8

What was the lower house of the German parliament called?

Answer 8

The Reichstag

Question 9

Who was the chancellor of Germany through 1890?

Answer 9

Otto von Bismarck

Question 10

Who did Bismarck court after his failed attack on the Catholic Church?

Answer 10

The Center Party

Question 11

Which political party was outlawed by Bismarck?

Answer 11

The Social Democratic Party

Question 12

Which product did Bismarck raise high tariffs for?

Answer 12

Grain

Question 13

Which ruler forced Bismarck to resign his post?

Answer 13

William II

Question 14

What government was declared in France after the defeat of Napoleon III?

Answer 14

The Third Republic

Question 15

What was the name of the revolutionary group that wanted to rule Paris without outside interference?

Answer 15

The Paris Commune

Question 16

From whom had the job of French education been taken?

Answer 16

The Catholic Church

Question 17

What institutions in France were legalized around 1879?

Answer 17

Trade unions

Question 18

What was the name of the scandal that demonstrated antisemitism in France?

Answer 18

The Dreyfus affair

Question 19

What writer accused the French army of wrongdoing in his letter entitled “J’Accuse”?

Answer 19

Emile Zola

Question 20

Who was the conservative prime minister of Britain in 1868?

Answer 20

Benjamin Disraeli

Question 21

What was the name of the bill that proposed increased spending on social welfare programs in Britain?

Answer 21

The People’s Budget

Question 22

Who was the prime minister of Britain who raised taxes on the rich to assist in Liberal Party social programs?

Answer 22

David Lloyd George

Question 23

For what group did William Gladstone introduce legislation so that they could be independent?

Answer 23

The Irish

Question 24

What part of Ireland was Protestant and did not want to be ruled by a Catholic majority?

Answer 24

Northern Ireland or Ulster

Question 25

Which nation became independent from Sweden in 1905?

Answer 25

Norway

Question 26

Which group pushed for Hungary to have more autonomy?

Answer 26

The Magyars

Question 27

What type of government governed Austria-Hungary?

Answer 27

A dual monarchy