Midterm 3
______________ virtually ended the importation of slaves to Brazil. The central government British warships The creation of an anti-slavery republic A shift from sugar to coffee production
British warships
The constitution introduced by Dom Pedro I of Brazil in 1823: Limited monarchical rule and endorsed the powers of the planter elite. Prevented the abdication of the monarch and any further contact with Portugal. Concentrated powers in the emperor's hands. Left appointments of government ministers to the Cardinal of Rio de Janeiro.
Concentrated powers in the emperor's hands.
The French section of Hispaniola produced nearly _________ the world's coffee and sugar at the time of the French Revolution. 1/4 1/3 1/2 3/4
1/2
Defeated and demoralized over a century of military and economic losses, the number of Native Americans in 1900 had declined to roughly 250,000, down from ________ in 1800. 400,000 750,000 600,000 900,000
400,000
_______ published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776 Adam Smith Thomas Malthus Immanuel Kant David Ricardo
Adam Smith
As a result of the Seven Years' War, Spain lost Florida to ___________ in 1763. Britain United States France Mexico
Britain
Between 1877 and 1914, US Southern state legislatures systematically attacked African-Americans' rights in respect to all of the following except: Voting rights Public accommodations Federal attempts to integrate schools Protection against violence and personal safety
Federal attempts to integrate schools
The ethnolinguistic version of the Enlightenment inspired by Johann Gottfried Herder was: Reserved for a small elite who were wary of spreading the idea to the German populace. Dismissive of "Germanness" and advocated the adoption of French ideas like Voltaire's only. Given a major boost during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Explicitly separated from a drive for national unification by the Germans.
Given a major boost during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
Independence and the end of Spanish rule initially benefited which Latin American trading partner the most? The United States France Great Britain Portugal
Great Britain
In contrast to Rousseau's traditional Christian ethics, _________ sought to build morality on transcendent reason and thus came to the conclusion that his morality had to be erected on the basis of the categorical imperative. David Hume Jean le Rond d'Alembert Gottfried-Wilhelm Leibniz Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
Publication of Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie was difficult because: It was banned as subversive by the Catholic Church and the French monarchy. Most of the articles had to be translated into English in order to widen its market. All of its four volumes appeared in one set in 1772, forcing printers to work overtime. His collaborator, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, died in the midst of the project.
It was banned as subversive by the Catholic Church and the French monarchy.
In an address to the National Assembly on October 10, 1789, Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin argued that: It would be best to abolish capital punishment altogether. He hoped for the opportunity to test his machine, in the interests of the New Sciences. The machine he had designed would increase the pain and suffering of a condemned person. The execution of Danton by guillotine had led him to change his own name in protest.
It would be best to abolish capital punishment altogether.
______________ eventually became strong enough to assume control of Saint-Domingue after the slave rebellion Jean-Jacques Dessalines Napoleon Bonaparte Francois-Dominique Tousssaint Louverture The United States
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
The Congress of Vienna restored the French Bourbon monarchy with the coronation of King _________, the brother of Louis XVI. Louis-Philippe Louis XVIII Louis XVII Charles X
Louis XVIII
The economies of most Latin American nations, with the exception of Argentina and Peru, were characterized by a ___________ in the late 1800s. Drive to incorporate chemicals and electricity, in order to industrialize fully Stable and steadily rising cost of commodities like coffee Successful trade war with American oligopolies, such as in banana production Reliance on one commodity only and a lack of diversification
Reliance on one commodity only and a lack of diversification
The nation-state of Italy was not fully unified until it established sovereignty over _______ in 1870. Sicily Naples Turin Rome
Rome
At the time of the French Revolution, ________ produced nearly half of the world's sugar and coffee. Brazil Martinique Saint-Domingue Saint-Martin
Saint-Domingue
Austria's Prime Minister Prince Klemens von Metternich, an opponent of constitutional nationalism, in an effort to reinstitute the right of kings and emperors to rule by divine grace, persuaded the Congress of Vienna to formulate two new principles: _________. republicanism and balance of power legitimacy and balance of power absolute monarchy and balance of power Napoleonic totalitarianism and imperial centralization
legitimacy and balance of power
In its final draft, the Declaration of Independence tacitly excluded the ________ of all Americans who were black slaves. One-half One-fifth One-tenth One-third
one-fifth