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9142271587By 1915, the U.S. railroad network wasthe largest in the world0
9142271588How was the ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?all of these1
9142271589The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially tosubmarine telegraph cables2
9142271590Englishman Henry Bessemer isbest known for his advances in producing steel3
9142271591What qualities make steel different from iron?it is both hard and elastic4
9142271592The chemical dye industry hurt tropical nations such as India becausethose nations grew the most indigo5
9142271593The development of nitroglycerin was important forexplosives6
9142271594Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germanyhad the most advanced scientific institutions7
9142271595Despite the prosperity in the West due to the growth of world trade, economies periodically experiencedbooms followed by depressions in the business cycle8
9142271596By 1900, the nation that controlled the majority of the world's trade and finances wasGreat Britain9
9142271597The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due toa drop in the death rate10
9142271598The most important urban technological innovation waspipes for water and sewage11
9142271599The middle class exhibited its wealth infine houses, servants, and elegant entertainment12
9142271600The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family whereinthe home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge13
9142271601Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women belong in"separate spheres"14
9142271602Families were considered middle-class only if theyemployed a full-time servant15
9142271603When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880's,businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers16
9142271604Why were women considered well-suited for teaching jobs?it was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers17
9142271605Some women sought satisfaction outside of the home and became involvedall of these18
9142271606Urban industrial working-class women had the difficult task ofearning a living as well as keeping house and children19
9142271607What ideology question the sanctity of private property?Socialism20
9142271608The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers wasthe labor union movement21
9142271609Karl Marx defined "surplus value" as thedifference between wages and the value of goods22
9142271610The goal of International Working Man's Association was tooverthrow the bourgeoisie23
9142271611Workers around the world primarily sought changeby participating in the political system through voting24
9142271612The most influential idea of the nineteenth century wasNationalism25
9142271613A revolutionary nineteenth-century idea was to realign national boundaries to fitreligious and linguistic divisions26
9142271614Which of the following was NOT an idea that Liberalism asserted?equality for all peoples27
9142271615Who was the most famous early nineteenth-century nationalist?Giuseppe Mazzini28
9142271616Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state was centered on usingindustry and nationalism29
9142271617Bismarck gave the vote all adult males in order toweaken the influence of middle-class liberals30
9142271618The British nineteenth-century attitude toward Europe has been called a policy of"splendid isolation"31
9142271619Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?their empires included many ethnic and language groups32
9142271620Although Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs,he failed to create a modern state based on the Western model33
9142271621One direct result of Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was thepopular revolt that forced the creation of Duma and a new consititution34
9142271622In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of themilitary leader of shogun35
9142271623The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; thereforeJapan closed its borders to foreigners36
9142271624Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?Matthew Perry37
9142271625In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawawas modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China38
9142271626Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism bybecoming a world-class industrial power39
9142271627The Meiji transformed the government and incorporatedEuropean practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture40
9142271628The Meiji oligarchs transformed Japan byintroducing a new army, education system, and industry41
9142271629Once government-owned industries in Japan became profitable,they were sold to private investors42
9142271630The Boxer Uprising was a series of riotsencouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence43

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