The quiz will review concepts of Enlightenment thought and the impact its diffusion had on rebellions throughout the world. Questions will also assess the development of national identities based on shared religion, culture, language, and land, and how nationalism and a discontent with imperial rule could lead to rebellion. Some questions will examine the impact of demographic changes on social and political situations.
The main argument of Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto was that all nations should have developed communism instead of capitalism.
False
True
The purpose of labor unions, which developed in the early 19th century, was to
Provide workers with a unified body to hide behind when they went on strike
Help workers bargain collectively for better working conditions
Show employers that they were powerless against the sheer numbers of workers
Combine knowledge of specialized trades and promote apprenticeships
All of the following contributed to the American Revolution except,
Britain's decision to arm Native Americans and organize violent attacks against the colonists
Britain's reliance on mercantilist policies, which were unfair to the American colonies
Thomas Paine's argument that the monarchy encroached on Americans' natural rights
Britain's heavy taxation of the colonies in order to pay off war debt
Under the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the French National Assembly,
Gave the Third Estate of peasants and workers tremendous political power
Reorganized the French government into a constitutional parliament
Declared the monarchy a gross injustice that should be forcibly removed
Recognized man's natural rights, based on ideas put forth during the Enlightenment
Simon Bolivar's vision for South America in the early 19th century was____.
A unified country across the continent, independent from Spain
A collection of independent states that paid tribute to Spain
A violent revolution in which all Spanish descendants were expelled
An industrialized collection of countries that could compete with European powers
Following the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna refused to allow monarchs to return to their thrones throughout Europe.
True
False
Under Alexander III's policy of Russification, Eastern members of Russia,
Were forced to work in collectivized farms
Were permitted to maintain their languages and religious traditions
Were forced to learn Russian and convert to Russian Orthodoxy, even though they shared no cultural background with Western Russians
Were expelled from the country because they shared no cultural background with Western Russians
Social Darwinism was used to justify all of the following exept,
Women's mental inferiority
The supremacy of the upper class
The natural evolution of the lower class to revolt against their oppressors
The domination of white Europeans over Africans