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13456254740By 1915, the U.S. railroad network wasthe largest in the world0
13456254741How was the ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?all of these1
13456254742The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially tosubmarine telegraph cables2
13456254743Englishman Henry Bessemer isbest known for his advances in producing steel3
13456254744What qualities make steel different from iron?it is both hard and elastic4
13456254745The chemical dye industry hurt tropical nations such as India becausethose nations grew the most indigo5
13456254746The development of nitroglycerin was important forexplosives6
13456254747Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germanyhad the most advanced scientific institutions7
13456254748Despite the prosperity in the West due to the growth of world trade, economies periodically experiencedbooms followed by depressions in the business cycle8
13456254749By 1900, the nation that controlled the majority of the world's trade and finances wasGreat Britain9
13456254750The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due toa drop in the death rate10
13456254751The most important urban technological innovation waspipes for water and sewage11
13456254752The middle class exhibited its wealth infine houses, servants, and elegant entertainment12
13456254753The Victorian Age refers to rules of behavior and family whereinthe home was idealized as a peaceful and loving refuge13
13456254754Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women belong in"separate spheres"14
13456254755Families were considered middle-class only if theyemployed a full-time servant15
13456254756When the typewriter and telephone were first used in business in the 1880's,businessmen found that they were ideal tools for women workers16
13456254757Why were women considered well-suited for teaching jobs?it was an extension of the duties of Victorian mothers17
13456254758Some women sought satisfaction outside of the home and became involvedall of these18
13456254759Urban industrial working-class women had the difficult task ofearning a living as well as keeping house and children19
13456254760What ideology question the sanctity of private property?Socialism20
13456254761The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers wasthe labor union movement21
13456254762Karl Marx defined "surplus value" as thedifference between wages and the value of goods22
13456254763The goal of International Working Man's Association was tooverthrow the bourgeoisie23
13456254764Workers around the world primarily sought changeby participating in the political system through voting24
13456254765The most influential idea of the nineteenth century wasNationalism25
13456254766A revolutionary nineteenth-century idea was to realign national boundaries to fitreligious and linguistic divisions26
13456254767Which of the following was NOT an idea that Liberalism asserted?equality for all peoples27
13456254768Who was the most famous early nineteenth-century nationalist?Giuseppe Mazzini28
13456254769Bismarck's plan to unite most German-speaking people into a single state was centered on usingindustry and nationalism29
13456254770Bismarck gave the vote all adult males in order toweaken the influence of middle-class liberals30
13456254771The British nineteenth-century attitude toward Europe has been called a policy of"splendid isolation"31
13456254772Why did nationalism fail to unify Russia and Austria-Hungary?their empires included many ethnic and language groups32
13456254773Although Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs,he failed to create a modern state based on the Western model33
13456254774One direct result of Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 was thepopular revolt that forced the creation of Duma and a new consititution34
13456254775In Tokugawa Japan, the political power rested in the hands of themilitary leader of shogun35
13456254776The biggest weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate was an inability to resist invasion; thereforeJapan closed its borders to foreigners36
13456254777Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?Matthew Perry37
13456254778In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawawas modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China38
13456254779Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism bybecoming a world-class industrial power39
13456254780The Meiji transformed the government and incorporatedEuropean practices in government, education, industry, and popular culture40
13456254781The Meiji oligarchs transformed Japan byintroducing a new army, education system, and industry41
13456254782Once government-owned industries in Japan became profitable,they were sold to private investors42
13456254783The Boxer Uprising was a series of riotsencouraged by Chinese officials against foreign presence43

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