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5670877908By 1915, the U.S. railroad network wasthe largest in the world0
5670877909How was the ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?all of these1
5670877910The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially tosubmarine telegraph cables2
5670877911Englishman Henry Bessemer isbest known for his advances in producing steel3
5670877912What qualities make steel different from iron?it is both hard and elastic4
5670877913The chemical dye industry hurt tropical nations such as India becausethose nations grew the most indigo5
5670877914The development of nitroglycerin was important forexplosives6
5670877915Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germanyhad the most advanced scientific institutions7
5670877916Despite the prosperity in the West due to the growth of world trade, economies periodically experiencedbooms followed by depressions in the business cycle8
5670877917By 1900, the nation that controlled the majority of the world's trade and finances wasGreat Britain9
5670877918The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due toa drop in the death rate10
5670877919The most important urban technological innovation waspipes for water and sewage11
5670877920The middle class exhibited its wealth infine houses, servants, and elegant entertainment12
5670877921The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family whereinthe home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge13
5670877922Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women belong in"separate spheres"14
5670877923Families were considered middle-class only if theyemployed a full-time servant15
5670877924When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880's,businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers16
5670877925Why were women considered well-suited for teaching jobs?it was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers17
5670877926Some women sought satisfaction outside of the home and became involvedall of these18
5670877927Urban industrial working-class women had the difficult task ofearning a living as well as keeping house and children19
5670877928What ideology question the sanctity of private property?Socialism20
5670877929The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers wasthe labor union movement21
5670877930Karl Marx defined "surplus value" as thedifference between wages and the value of goods22
5670877931The goal of International Working Man's Association was tooverthrow the bourgeoisie23
5670877932Workers around the world primarily sought changeby participating in the political system through voting24
5670877933The most influential idea of the nineteenth century wasNationalism25
5670877934A revolutionary nineteenth-century idea was to realign national boundaries to fitreligious and linguistic divisions26
5670877935Which of the following was NOT an idea that Liberalism asserted?equality for all peoples27
5670877936Who was the most famous early nineteenth-century nationalist?Giuseppe Mazzini28
5670877937Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state was centered on usingindustry and nationalism29
5670877938Bismarck gave the vote all adult males in order toweaken the influence of middle-class liberals30
5670877939The British nineteenth-century attitude toward Europe has been called a policy of"splendid isolation"31
5670877940Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?their empires included many ethnic and language groups32
5670877941Although Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs,he failed to create a modern state based on the Western model33
5670877942One direct result of Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was thepopular revolt that forced the creation of Duma and a new consititution34
5670877943In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of themilitary leader of shogun35
5670877944The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; thereforeJapan closed its borders to foreigners36
5670877945Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?Matthew Perry37
5670877946In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawawas modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China38
5670877947Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism bybecoming a world-class industrial power39
5670877948The Meiji transformed the government and incorporatedEuropean practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture40
5670877949The Meiji oligarchs transformed Japan byintroducing a new army, education system, and industry41
5670877950Once government-owned industries in Japan became profitable,they were sold to private investors42
5670877951The Boxer Uprising was a series of riotsencouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence43

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