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3789208613By 1915, the U.S. railroad network wasthe largest in the world0
3789210366How was the ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?all of these1
3789212881The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially tosubmarine telegraph cables2
3789213936Englishman Henry Bessemer isbest known for his advances in producing steel3
3789222368What qualities make steel different from iron?it is both hard and elastic4
3789223776The chemical dye industry hurt tropical nations such as India becausethose nations grew the most indigo5
3789224933The development of nitroglycerin was important forexplosives6
3789226312Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germanyhad the most advanced scientific institutions7
3789228630Despite the prosperity in the West due to the growth of world trade, economies periodically experiencedbooms followed by depressions in the business cycle8
3789230185By 1900, the nation that controlled the majority of the world's trade and finances wasGreat Britain9
3789231381The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due toa drop in the death rate10
3789237793The most important urban technological innovation waspipes for water and sewage11
3789238691The middle class exhibited its wealth infine houses, servants, and elegant entertainment12
3789239954The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family whereinthe home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge13
3789254558Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women belong in"separate spheres"14
3789255514Families were considered middle-class only if theyemployed a full-time servant15
3789268903When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880's,businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers16
3789268907Why were women considered well-suited for teaching jobs?it was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers17
3789272864Some women sought satisfaction outside of the home and became involvedall of these18
3789273760Urban industrial working-class women had the difficult task ofearning a living as well as keeping house and children19
3789274877What ideology question the sanctity of private property?Socialism20
3789276823The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers wasthe labor union movement21
3789277999Karl Marx defined "surplus value" as thedifference between wages and the value of goods22
3789278938The goal of International Working Man's Association was tooverthrow the bourgeoisie23
3789279888Workers around the world primarily sought changeby participating in the political system through voting24
3789281631The most influential idea of the nineteenth century wasNationalism25
3789282919A revolutionary nineteenth-century idea was to realign national boundaries to fitreligious and linguistic divisions26
3789284135Which of the following was NOT an idea that Liberalism asserted?equality for all peoples27
3789285514Who was the most famous early nineteenth-century nationalist?Giuseppe Mazzini28
3789287735Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state was centered on usingindustry and nationalism29
3789288729Bismarck gave the vote all adult males in order toweaken the influence of middle-class liberals30
3789290326The British nineteenth-century attitude toward Europe has been called a policy of"splendid isolation"31
3789291471Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?their empires included many ethnic and language groups32
3789293573Although Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs,he failed to create a modern state based on the Western model33
3789294911One direct result of Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was thepopular revolt that forced the creation of Duma and a new consititution34
3789296763In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of themilitary leader of shogun35
3789304270The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; thereforeJapan closed its borders to foreigners36
3789297761Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?Matthew Perry37
3789298397In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawawas modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China38
3789299752Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism bybecoming a world-class industrial power39
3789300803The Meiji transformed the government and incorporatedEuropean practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture40
3789306448The Meiji oligarchs transformed Japan byintroducing a new army, education system, and industry41
3789307437Once government-owned industries in Japan became profitable,they were sold to private investors42
3789308327The Boxer Uprising was a series of riotsencouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence43

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