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What did the Atlantic revolutions share?

• A. A unified opposition to slavery

• B. A common political vocabulary

• C. The same outcome and time period

• D. Causes triggered by similar conditions

In the nineteenth century, nationalism in Europe fueled

• the feminist movement.

• a competitive drive for colonies in Asia and Africa.

• the abolition of the slave trade.

• the collapse of European overseas empires by the 1890s.

Which of the following has been offered as a reason why the American Revolution was actually a conservative movement?

• It did not result in major political changes.

• Legal distinctions of class continued after the war.

• It was an effort to preserve the existing liberties of the colonies.

• It originated from social tensions within the colonies.

Which of the following is true of the women's movement by the early 1900s?

• It had secured widespread voting rights for women across Europe.

• There was an international feminist movement that linked the entire world.

• Large numbers of working-class women had gained entrance to universities.

• In the most industrialized countries of the West, it had become a mass movement.

The Atlantic revolutions were inspired by the Enlightenment belief that political and social arrangements

• should be regulated by church authority.

• could be improved by human action.

• were driven by economic forces.

• were justified by the divine right of kings.

Which of the following groups benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution in nineteenth-century Britain?

• The laboring classes

• The aristocracy

• The middle classes

• Women and children

Which of the following made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the nineteenth century?

• The demand for labor overseas

• The commitment to revolution

• The search for a utopian society

• The appeal of socialist ideas

Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century supported reforms to improve working conditions and called for greater governmental intervention in the economy?

• The Progressives

• The Bolsheviks

• The Labour Party

• The Marxists

Slavery lasted longest on the Caribbean islands of

• Cuba and Puerto Rico

• St. Barts and St. Croix

• Haiti and Dominica

• St. Lucia and Martinique

When confronted with the choice of economic growth or environmental protection,

• all nations chose economic growth

• nations did not make a conscious choice between the two

• some nations chose growth over protection

• western hemisphere nations tried to adopt a balanced policy