Multiple Choice Practice

Wollstonecraft's main goal in this passage is to

• secure inheritance rights for surviving wives

• secure female equality with males

• allow men and women to marry based on love

• encourage Britain to support the bourgeoisie in the French Revolution

Which of the following writers would LEAST likely support the goals of Mary Wollstonecraft?

• A conservative

• A utopian socialist

• A classical liberal

• A Marxist

What part of the excerpt is connected most closely to the ideals of the Enlightenment?

• Its reference to equality in marriage

• Its mention of equitable laws

• Its appeal to reason

• Its rejection of tyrants

In the above passage, what policy is the Russian Minister of Finance urging?

• Maintaining current political and commercial relationships

• Supporting independent Russian industrial development

• Relying on foreign industry for economic growth

• Using military strength to prevent foreign industrial domination

What shift in economic focus did the emancipation of the serfs foster?

• It created a pool of laborers who could more easily move to cities and work in industry.

  
  

• It increased the power of nobles who could then travel more widely and bring new ideas to Russia.

• It encouraged population growth, which increased tax revenues

• It established a new consumer base that could afford to purchase imported manufactured goods.

What was a critical strategy in the industrialization of Russia?

• building an infrastructure of canals

• controlling the settlement of Siberia

• expanding the national railroad network

• developing a free trade policy

Which statement provides the best context for understanding the passage?

• Germany lagged behind Britain in enacting reforms to improve the lives of industrial workers and the unemployed.

• The problems of urban industrial workers and the unemployed were much worse in Germany than in Britain.

• The United States led the way in enacting reforms to improve the lives of industrial workers and the unemployed.

• Industrialization caused greater economic insecurity in the lives of many urban workers.

Bismarck made the proposal in the passage because he believed that

• the end of capitalism would create an era of equality and justice for industrial workers

• if the government did not address worker problems associated with industrialization, socialists and other radicals might incite a revolt

• he had to appeal to socialists and other radicals in order to get them to join his government and provide their input

• the government needed to step in to reverse the environmental effects created by industrialization and urbanization

Which reform was instituted by another government in response to the problems of industrialization?

• Britain expanded voting by reducing property-owning qualifications.

• The U.S. government encouraged the growth of labor unions.

• Russia adopted a form of utopian socialism

• The United States allowed a women's rights movement to emerge.

Which movement included forced migrants before about 1850?

• 1:British to Australia

• 3:Indians to Southeast Asia

• 4:Chinese to Southeast Asia

• 5:Japanese to North America