Chapter 24 Quiz A with Explanations

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. What was a key element for the growth of nation-states in the nineteenth century?

The growth in power of monarchs correct incorrect

The adoption of industrialization correct incorrect

The involvement of citizens in their government correct incorrect

The growth in popularity of socialism correct incorrect

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. In nineteenth-century Latin America, who was most likely to support liberal ideas?

Officials in newly emerging national bureaucracies correct incorrect

Rural peasants and the urban working class correct incorrect

Intellectuals and members of the Church elite correct incorrect

Landowners who produced raw materials for export correct incorrect

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. The freeing of the serfs in Russia was mitigated by the fact that

they now had to migrate to cities to find employment. correct incorrect

the conditions of their emancipation held back peasant progress. correct incorrect

they were not given any land of their own. correct incorrect

Russian political institutions were not reformed as well. correct incorrect

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. What Russian "Great Reform" contributed to some elites becoming more involved with local government during the late nineteenth century?

The establishment of communicates called mirs correct incorrect

The founding of programs to encourage public service correct incorrect

The creation of regional councils called zemstvos correct incorrect

The appointment of reform-minded governors and mayors correct incorrect

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. Which state led the drive toward Italian unification in 1861?

Sicily correct incorrect

Lombardy correct incorrect

Venetia correct incorrect

Piedmont-Sardinia correct incorrect

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. How were Prussian leaders able to unify Germany by 1871?

Through commercial agreements correct incorrect

Through wars of unification correct incorrect

Through dynastic marriages correct incorrect

Through the establishment of a union correct incorrect

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. The expansion of the United States westward during the 1840s led to a conflict over

whether the new territories would have slavery or not. correct incorrect

the policy concerning the treatment of native Americans. correct incorrect

territorial control of each established state. correct incorrect

individual rights to exploit newly discovered mineral resources. correct incorrect

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. In Meiji Japan during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, what was a source of unrest among the rural lower classes?

The introduction of Western customs correct incorrect

A lack of agrarian policy by the government correct incorrect

The imposition of high taxes correct incorrect

Oppression by the daimyos and samurai correct incorrect

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. How was "new imperialism" different from European expansion before the nineteenth century?

It was centered only on South America rather than the entire world. correct incorrect

It resulted in the direct conquest of lands rather than just commercial dominance. correct incorrect

It was fueled by the need to control trade routes. correct incorrect

It was concerned more with finding raw materials than finding new markets. correct incorrect

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. Where did Britain and the United States exert business imperialism during the late nineteenth century?

Canada correct incorrect

Asia correct incorrect

Latin America correct incorrect

The Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

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. Although the Indian Uprising of 1857 was sparked by a rebellion of native Indian troops, what was its underlying cause?

Excessive taxation by the British East India Company correct incorrect

The British East India Company's treatment of the Mughal emperor correct incorrect

The introduction of Western culture by missionaries correct incorrect

The lack of British response to a major drought in South Asia correct incorrect

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. What was the ultimate goal of the Indian National Congress founded in 1885?

An end to British taxation correct incorrect

The development of a Hindu national culture correct incorrect

Commercial independence from Britain correct incorrect

Indian independence correct incorrect

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. In the late nineteenth century, the French introduced Western innovations such as modern agricultural techniques and improved sanitation into

Indochina. correct incorrect

Burma. correct incorrect

Formosa. correct incorrect

India. correct incorrect

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. Who were the first permanent European settlers in South Africa?

The English correct incorrect

The French correct incorrect

The Belgians correct incorrect

The Dutch correct incorrect

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. What caused tensions to grow between Japan and Russia during the 1890s?

Russian tariffs on Japanese silk products correct incorrect

Japanese expansion into China correct incorrect

Russian expansion into Manchuria correct incorrect

Japanese support of indigenous Siberian peoples correct incorrect

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. What did imperialist powers such as Britain and France need in order to effectively control their colonies during the nineteenth century?

Cooperation from local people correct incorrect

Well-established market economies correct incorrect

Large armies of occupation correct incorrect

Sophisticated transportation networks correct incorrect

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. How did Indian shopkeepers display their opposition to British tax increases during the nineteenth century?

They complained to British bureaucrats. correct incorrect

They supported other imperialist powers. correct incorrect

They supported the return of the Mughal dynasty. correct incorrect

They closed their businesses in protest. correct incorrect

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. One reason for mass migration in the second half of the nineteenth century was the

attraction of a steady job and the need to pay imperial taxes in cash. correct incorrect

imperialist policy of using exile to punish native peoples who protested. correct incorrect

movement of people away from the harmful effects of industrialization. correct incorrect

decline of traditional means of employment in Asia and Europe. correct incorrect

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. How was public education important to the development of the nation-state during the nineteenth century?

It contributed to identifying those who would be best suited for the national military. correct incorrect

It helped train people to use scientific methods for farming. correct incorrect

It provided people with a common purpose and culture built around the nation. correct incorrect

It was used as a tool to gain national support for authoritarian rule. correct incorrect

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. What was often a cost in the development of a national identity during the nineteenth century?

Wars between nations with similar national identities correct incorrect

The distortion of national histories in favor of minority cultures correct incorrect

The exclusion of certain people from participation in the nation-state correct incorrect

Regionalism, which often threatened the existence of nation-states. correct incorrect

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. What was the basis of pan-Africanism?

It called for the establishment of separate African communities in the Americas. correct incorrect

It emphasized the common bonds that Africans in the Americas and Africa itself shared. correct incorrect

It encouraged the return of Africans from the Americas to their African homeland. correct incorrect

It demanded the American government recognize and pay for the enslavement of Africans. correct incorrect