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The directives expressed in this excerpt were the primary result of which of the following nineteenth-century developments?

Mechanization and the factory system became the predominant modes of production.

Which of the following social transformations was most likely a factor in why this factory issued the rules in the excerpt above?

Migration from rural to urban areas in industrialized regions created an inexperienced workforce.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt contributed to the conditions that fostered what subsequent event?

Industrialization in Prussia allowed that state to become the leader of a unified Germany.

5. The concerns expressed by Churchill in the excerpt above were a response to which of the following historical events?

a. Europe experienced increasing economic and political integration, which resulted in efforts to establish a shared European identity.

The excerpt best reflects which of the following nineteenth-century trends?

a. Nationalists encouraged loyalty to the nation in a variety of ways, including political unification.

13. Which of the following delayed Eastern European countries' integration into the European Union?

a. Nations within the Soviet Bloc followed an economic model based on central planning and specialized production.

14. Which of the following nineteenth-century political responses to the problems of industrialization was the most successful?

a. Radicals and republicans demanded universal male suffrage and full citizenship regardless of wealth and property ownership.

The scenes depicted in this cartoon are most indicative of which of the following reactions to social changes in the mid-nineteenth century?

a. Socialists called for a fair distribution of society's resources and wealth.

10. What made Bismarck's actions most similar to Cavour's, thus providing evidence to support the comparison made by von Ihering?

a. They both used Realpolitik strategies, co-opting nationalist agendas to create a unified state.

1. Which of these best describes why much of Wilson's plan for restoring peace and stability in the aftermath of World War I was rejected?

a. Wilsonian idealism clashed with postwar realities in both the victorious and the defeated states.

24. The events illustrated in the map resulted in

a. ethnic cleansing and conflict in the region.

The scenes depicted in this cartoon best serve as evidence to support the ideology of which of the following groups?

a. labor unions and movements, which later developed into political parties that promoted social and economic reforms

27. Which of the following represents a long-term effect of the events described in the passage above?

a. the rise of new nationalist ideology in Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century

19. Which of the following best describes Mikhail Gorbachev's intentions as outlined in the excerpt above?

a. to make the Soviet economic system more flexible

Published in Punch Magazine, this cartoon presents a critique of

a. various private, nongovernmental reform movements that sought to lift up the deserving poor.

8. Which of these best illustrates the interwar circumstances that Churchill sought to avoid repeating after World War II?

b. French and British fears of another war, combined with American isolationism, allowed fascist states to re-arm and expand their territory.

25. Which organization most directly intervened in the region's developments during the time described on the map?

b. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

31. Which of the following can best be described as an immediate effect of the plan outlined above?

b. increased economic consumerism

11. Gorbachev's economic objective could be best characterized as

b. internal reforms designed to make the Soviet system more flexible.

23. The map best reflects which of the following historical events?

b. the collapse of communist control in the region

Which of the following choices best explains the patterns shown in the table above?

c. France moved toward industrialization at a more gradual pace than Great Britain, with government support and less dislocation of traditional methods of production.

4. Which of the following best reflects the U.S. government's implementation of the principles articulated in the Fourteen Points in Europe following World War II?

c. The U.S. exerted a strong military, political, and economic influence as a leader of Western Europe.

15. Which of the following historical developments most directly supports the argument expressed in the excerpt?

c. While women gained the right to vote after World War I, they continued to face social inequalities.

3. Which of the following best describes the reason why, despite efforts to lessen the possibility of another major conflict, World War II began only twenty years after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles?

d. The Versailles settlement assigned guilt and reparations for World War I to Germany.

13. What best explains the patterns of declining industrialization in China and India during the nineteenth century?

d. The search for raw materials and markets for manufactured goods drove Europeans to colonize Asia.