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12601306224By 1915, the U.S. railroad network wasthe largest in the world0
12601306225How was the ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?all of these1
12601306226The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially tosubmarine telegraph cables2
12601306227Englishman Henry Bessemer isbest known for his advances in producing steel3
12601306228What qualities make steel different from iron?it is both hard and elastic4
12601306229The chemical dye industry hurt tropical nations such as India becausethose nations grew the most indigo5
12601306230The development of nitroglycerin was important forexplosives6
12601306231Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germanyhad the most advanced scientific institutions7
12601306232Despite the prosperity in the West due to the growth of world trade, economies periodically experiencedbooms followed by depressions in the business cycle8
12601306233By 1900, the nation that controlled the majority of the world's trade and finances wasGreat Britain9
12601306234The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due toa drop in the death rate10
12601306235The most important urban technological innovation waspipes for water and sewage11
12601306236The middle class exhibited its wealth infine houses, servants, and elegant entertainment12
12601306237The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family whereinthe home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge13
12601306238Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women belong in"separate spheres"14
12601306239Families were considered middle-class only if theyemployed a full-time servant15
12601306240When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880's,businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers16
12601306241Why were women considered well-suited for teaching jobs?it was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers17
12601306242Some women sought satisfaction outside of the home and became involvedall of these18
12601306243Urban industrial working-class women had the difficult task ofearning a living as well as keeping house and children19
12601306244What ideology question the sanctity of private property?Socialism20
12601306245The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers wasthe labor union movement21
12601306246Karl Marx defined "surplus value" as thedifference between wages and the value of goods22
12601306247The goal of International Working Man's Association was tooverthrow the bourgeoisie23
12601306248Workers around the world primarily sought changeby participating in the political system through voting24
12601306249The most influential idea of the nineteenth century wasNationalism25
12601306250A revolutionary nineteenth-century idea was to realign national boundaries to fitreligious and linguistic divisions26
12601306251Which of the following was NOT an idea that Liberalism asserted?equality for all peoples27
12601306252Who was the most famous early nineteenth-century nationalist?Giuseppe Mazzini28
12601306253Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state was centered on usingindustry and nationalism29
12601306254Bismarck gave the vote all adult males in order toweaken the influence of middle-class liberals30
12601306255The British nineteenth-century attitude toward Europe has been called a policy of"splendid isolation"31
12601306256Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?their empires included many ethnic and language groups32
12601306257Although Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs,he failed to create a modern state based on the Western model33
12601306258One direct result of Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was thepopular revolt that forced the creation of Duma and a new consititution34
12601306259In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of themilitary leader of shogun35
12601306260The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; thereforeJapan closed its borders to foreigners36
12601306261Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?Matthew Perry37
12601306262In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawawas modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China38
12601306263Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism bybecoming a world-class industrial power39
12601306264The Meiji transformed the government and incorporatedEuropean practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture40
12601306265The Meiji oligarchs transformed Japan byintroducing a new army, education system, and industry41
12601306266Once government-owned industries in Japan became profitable,they were sold to private investors42
12601306267The Boxer Uprising was a series of riotsencouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence43

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