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6309043875By 1915, the U.S. railroad network wasthe largest in the world0
6309043876How was the ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?all of these1
6309043877The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially tosubmarine telegraph cables2
6309043878Englishman Henry Bessemer isbest known for his advances in producing steel3
6309043879What qualities make steel different from iron?it is both hard and elastic4
6309043880The chemical dye industry hurt tropical nations such as India becausethose nations grew the most indigo5
6309043881The development of nitroglycerin was important forexplosives6
6309043882Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germanyhad the most advanced scientific institutions7
6309043883Despite the prosperity in the West due to the growth of world trade, economies periodically experiencedbooms followed by depressions in the business cycle8
6309043884By 1900, the nation that controlled the majority of the world's trade and finances wasGreat Britain9
6309043885The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due toa drop in the death rate10
6309043886The most important urban technological innovation waspipes for water and sewage11
6309043887The middle class exhibited its wealth infine houses, servants, and elegant entertainment12
6309043888The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family whereinthe home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge13
6309043889Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women belong in"separate spheres"14
6309043890Families were considered middle-class only if theyemployed a full-time servant15
6309043891When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880's,businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers16
6309043892Why were women considered well-suited for teaching jobs?it was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers17
6309043893Some women sought satisfaction outside of the home and became involvedall of these18
6309043894Urban industrial working-class women had the difficult task ofearning a living as well as keeping house and children19
6309043895What ideology question the sanctity of private property?Socialism20
6309043896The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers wasthe labor union movement21
6309043897Karl Marx defined "surplus value" as thedifference between wages and the value of goods22
6309043898The goal of International Working Man's Association was tooverthrow the bourgeoisie23
6309043899Workers around the world primarily sought changeby participating in the political system through voting24
6309043900The most influential idea of the nineteenth century wasNationalism25
6309043901A revolutionary nineteenth-century idea was to realign national boundaries to fitreligious and linguistic divisions26
6309043902Which of the following was NOT an idea that Liberalism asserted?equality for all peoples27
6309043903Who was the most famous early nineteenth-century nationalist?Giuseppe Mazzini28
6309043904Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state was centered on usingindustry and nationalism29
6309043905Bismarck gave the vote all adult males in order toweaken the influence of middle-class liberals30
6309043906The British nineteenth-century attitude toward Europe has been called a policy of"splendid isolation"31
6309043907Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?their empires included many ethnic and language groups32
6309043908Although Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs,he failed to create a modern state based on the Western model33
6309043909One direct result of Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was thepopular revolt that forced the creation of Duma and a new consititution34
6309043910In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of themilitary leader of shogun35
6309043911The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; thereforeJapan closed its borders to foreigners36
6309043912Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?Matthew Perry37
6309043913In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawawas modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China38
6309043914Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism bybecoming a world-class industrial power39
6309043915The Meiji transformed the government and incorporatedEuropean practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture40
6309043916The Meiji oligarchs transformed Japan byintroducing a new army, education system, and industry41
6309043917Once government-owned industries in Japan became profitable,they were sold to private investors42
6309043918The Boxer Uprising was a series of riotsencouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence43

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