HIST 102 Post-Test

1) 

It became the most widely circulated image demonstrating the horrific conditions of the Middle Passage.

2) 

It motivated the establishment of the Underground Railroad.

3) 

Upon seeing it, Abraham Lincoln began drafting the Emancipation Proclamation.

4) 

Its circulation resulted in a slave uprising.

1) 

the many social and economic changes brought about by industrialization

2) 

the unprecedented growth of the British Empire

3) 

the rise of socialism

4) 

the noticeable decline in practicing Catholics

1) 

was a victory for an African coalition

2) 

showed the lethal power of new European weapons

3) 

ended in British defeat

4) 

was the first major war between European powers in

1) 

The Young Turk’s financial support of Bosnian extremist groups enabled these groups to successfully assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an action which initiated the war.

2) 

The Young Turks establishment of a communist state in what was formerly known as the Ottoman Empire brought on the first of a series of Balkan crises that would eventually lead to war.

3) 

The Young Turks seizure of the Ottoman Empire brought on the first of a series of Balkan crises that would eventually lead to war.

4) 

The Young Turk’s assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand initiated the start of the war.

1) 

engineers

2) 

inventors

3) 

metal workers

4) 

chemists

1) 

liberal democracies

2) 

the product of bloody civil wars

3) 

former Spanish colonies

4) 

monarchies

1) 

Benjamin Disraeli

2) 

William Pitt the Elder

3) 

Lord Grenville

4) 

Robert Walpole

1) 

gaining the support of Spain against France

2) 

an attack on American shipping

3) 

destruction of the British fleet

4) 

an invasion of Britain

1) 

mass emigration

2) 

the Thatcher revolution

3) 

falling birth rates

4) 

Muslim immigration

1) 

Men’s work was isolated from the family.

2) 

Public education for children disappeared.

3) 

Family life disintegrated.

4) 

Women lost their ability to earn wages.

1) 

suppressing the Reign of Terror

2) 

preserving royal power

3) 

defeating Poland

4) 

defense against France

1) 

Matthew Arnold

2) 

Friedrich Nietzsche

3) 

Otto von Bismarck

4) 

Jules Ferry

1) 

The domestic economy was little affected by industrialization.

2) 

Families became smaller.

3) 

Family structure changed little.

4) 

Peasant family life underwent broad changes.

1) 

The Gotha Program provided the founding manifesto for the anti-Socialist movement, successfully inhibiting the growth of the German Social Democratic Party, until its rise to power after the Russian Revolution of 1917.

2) 

The Gotha Program successfully brought the German Social Democratic Party to power after the Russian Revolution of 1917.

3) 

The Gotha Program provided the founding manifesto of the German Social Democratic Party, the organization that would dominate Western European socialism until the Russian Revolution of 1917.

4) 

The Gotha Program successfully disassembled the German Social Democratic Party, the first organization to dominate Western European socialism.

1) 

10

2) 

35

3) 

90

4) 

70

1) 

racial theories

2) 

political ideology

3) 

religious views

4) 

animosity towards capitalism

1) 

abstract concepts

2) 

close observation of nature

3) 

perception

4) 

landscapes

1) 

the slave caravans that crossed the Sahara

2) 

the sale of slaves in the Americas

3) 

slaves’ voyage across the Atlantic

4) 

the capture of slaves in Africa

1) 

Moscow

2) 

Volgograd

3) 

St. Petersburg

4) 

Chelyabinsk

1) 

Israel

2) 

Bosnia

3) 

Yugoslavia

4) 

Poland

1) 

the defeat at Trafalgar

2) 

the impossibility of holding the territory

3) 

gratitude for American assistance in the French Revolution

4) 

the Haitian revolt

1) 

American slaves are emancipated.

2) 

The United States outlaws the slave trade.

3) 

Slaves are emancipated in Brazil.

4) 

The British slave trade ends.

1) 

test of the Allies resolve

2) 

pointless maneuver

3) 

first move in occupying the Sudetenland

4) 

concession to his allies

1) 

They defended the work from the Catholic Church who attempted to suppress its publication.

2) 

They attempted to censor some volumes critical of the monarchy and Catholic Church.

3) 

They funded the work in its entirety because they felt it would benefit the French people.

4) 

They provided some financial support to the work initially, but upon viewing its content attempted to halt its publication.

1) 

Jena

2) 

Waterloo

3) 

Tilsit

4) 

Trafalgar

1) 

as referring only to members of the revolution

2) 

as gender-specific

3) 

as referring only to white, Catholic aristocrats

4) 

as referring to humankind

1) 

Mary Wortley Montagu

2) 

Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin

3) 

Emilie Du Châtelet

4) 

Mary Wollstonecraft

1) 

the impact of the Great Depression on European politics

2) 

the instability of most eastern European democratic governments

3) 

the end of the independent successor states in eastern Europe

4) 

the fear of the spread of communism in the interwar period

1) 

Bavaria

2) 

Bohemia

3) 

Holstein

4) 

Alsace

1) 

a move towards capitalism

2) 

the basis of the Stalinist purges

3) 

a blueprint for rapid, state-controlled industrialization

4) 

the reorganization of the Communist Party

1) 

division among monarchists

2) 

success of the Paris Commune

3) 

1848 revolutions

4) 

election of the liberal Patrice MacMahon

1) 

Thailand

2) 

Burma and Thailand

3) 

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos

4) 

Vietnam and India

1) 

early European imperialism

2) 

Italian hostility towards Russia

3) 

Cavour’s political maneuvering

4) 

the last occurrence of the 1848 revolutions

1) 

an individual's own concern for himself

2) 

competition among the nations with the most power

3) 

a societal structure based on equality and justice for all citizens

4) 

an individual's desire to contribute to the common good

1) 

Puritan radicals

2) 

John Locke

3) 

Thomas Hobbes

4) 

John Adams

1) 

closer control of native groups

2) 

the European balance of power

3) 

merchant marines

4) 

development of colonial infrastructure

1) 

factories

2) 

commerce

3) 

the putting-out system

4) 

increased agricultural productivity

1) 

Hitler’s attempted annihilation of European Jewry

2) 

Hitler’s racial policy

3) 

the Nazi theory of racial supremacy

4) 

Hitler’s war aims

1) 

It did not depend on fossil fuels.

2) 

It could be easily transporte

3) 

It required no infrastructure.

4) 

It was free.

1) 

They wanted the citizenry to adopt a more modern, Western style of dress.

2) 

It inhibited a soldier’s ability to see clearly during battle.

3) 

It became a marker of the old regime.

4) 

It became a symbol of the communist revolution.

1) 

Germany

2) 

Italy

3) 

Russia

4) 

France

1) 

Agustín de Iturbide

2) 

Simón Bolívar

3) 

Dom Pedro

4) 

King Joâo VI

1) 

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

2) 

Mahatma Gandhi

3) 

Indira Gandhi

4) 

Jawaharlal Nehru

1) 

that black Brazilians “looked up” to their white compatriots

2) 

that black Brazilians were viewed as weak and submissive by their white compatriots

3) 

that black Brazilians were more respected than Brazilian Native Americans

4) 

that black Brazilians were idolized and revered in Brazilian society

1) 

religious oppression

2) 

redemption payments

3) 

military service

4) 

continuing labor rents

1) 

by documenting the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and its threat to communism

2) 

by emphasizing the hostility of the capitalist world toward the land of the Soviets

3) 

by emphasizing the inevitability of a World War and Russia’s need for preparedness

4) 

by highlighting the relationship between imperialism and capitalism

1) 

Hume

2) 

Voltaire

3) 

Adams

4) 

Montesquieu

1) 

increasing industrial production

2) 

gathering intelligence on possible dissidents

3) 

reporting on the progress of collectivization

4) 

maintaining the Communist Party register

1) 

by emphasizing the post-World War II weakness of Western Europe, the death of colonialism, and the need for new ideas and methods to strengthen Europe

2) 

by highlighting the powerful rise of the United States and the threat it poses to European power, status, and economics

3) 

by emphasizing the political unrest of the lower class and minority groups and highlighting the need for extensive social reforms

4) 

by using the fall of communism as an example of what could happen to European capitalism if changes were not made

1) 

her powerful and prestigious family background, which caused her to become disillusioned with the greed and callousness of the upper class

2) 

her impoverished background and her entry into the workforce at a young age

3) 

her long-standing relationship with Karl Marx

4) 

her fear that acts of violence would be perpetrated against her and her family if she did not join the movement

1) 

France

2) 

Portugal

3) 

Austria

4) 

Italy

1) 

recent; quick

2) 

Russian; Austrian

3) 

horrific; prolonged

4) 

distant; brief

1) 

It indicated the desperate state that European capitalism had reached as it moved into an era dominated by financial monopolies.

2) 

It indicated the absolute strength of European capitalism as it moved into an era dominated by financial monopolies.

3) 

It indicated the inevitability of capitalist cycles of boom and bust.

4) 

It indicated European capitalism’s potential for unprecedented growth in the upcoming century.

1) 

1940s

2) 

1980s

3) 

2000s

4) 

1960s

1) 

Both the theories of Descartes and the theories of Newton were based on simple reason that was intelligible to all.

2) 

Both the theories of Descartes and the theories of Newton were complicated and grounded in scientific and mathematical inquiry.

3) 

Descartes’ theories were based on simple reason that was intelligible to all, whereas Newton’s theories were more complicated and grounded in scientific and mathematical inquiry.

4) 

Descartes’ theories were complicated and grounded in scientific and mathematical inquiry, whereas Newton’s theories were based on simple reason that was intelligible to all.

1) 

his Middle Eastern descent

2) 

his family’s history as leaders in the Freedom Party

3) 

his parents’ participation in the Nazi Party

4) 

his travels across Africa and Asia

1) 

the value of religion versus the value of science

2) 

the effects of socially oppressive constructs on human behavior and character

3) 

the effects of heredity and environment on human behavior and character

4) 

the effects of cultural norms on human development and happiness

1) 

Eastern Orthodox

2) 

Lutheran

3) 

Anglican

4) 

Catholic

1) 

publishing works through learned societies

2) 

an interest in learning from foreign cultures

3) 

a continuing emphasis on the supremacy of reason

4) 

publication of encyclopedias