AP Euro Chapter 25 Review

The long-established customs union among the German states was known as the A) Zemstvo. B) Zollverein. C) Reichstag. D) North German Confederation. E) Sadowa.

B) Zollverein.

Bismarck's Kulturkampf refers to A) his drive to make German workers more "cultured." B) his attack on the Catholic church in the German Empire. C) his attempt to stamp out anti-German attitudes in France following the Franco- Prussian War. D) his 1864 war against Denmark. E) his promotion of the German Empire's new National Theater.

B) his attack on the Catholic church in the German Empire.

The first and most important of the Great Reforms in Russia was the A) abolition of serfdom. B) creation of the zemstvos, the local, elected governmental councils. C) granting of a constitution. D) nationalization of church property. E) modernization of the legal system.

A) abolition of serfdom.

After the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia A) imposed a harsh peace on France. B) imposed a generous peace on France. C) asked for international participation in the formation of the peace treaty. D) acknowledged its own role in starting the war. E) made the status quo before the war the basis of the peace treaty.

A) imposed a harsh peace on France.

The first state to enact social welfare legislation was A) England. B) Germany. C) France. D) the United States. E) Austria-Hungary.

B) Germany.

Which of the following events prompted liberals in the Prussian parliament to reconcile with Bismarck? A) The 1864 war against Denmark. B) The 1866 defeat of Austria and formation of the North German Confederation. C) The 1870 defeat of France and formation of the German Empire. D) The Kulturkampf of 1870-1878. E) The passage of social security laws in 1883-1884.

B) The 1866 defeat of Austria and formation of the North German Confederation.

Sardinia-Piedmont became the leader of the Italian unification as a result of all of the following factors except A) the failure of Mazzini's style of democratic nationalism in 1848. B) Pope Pius IX's rejection of Italian unification. C) Austrian support. D) Victor Emmanuel's granting of a liberal constitution. E) the able leadership of Count Camillo Benso di Cavour.

C) Austrian support.

In order to force Austria to give up its territory in Italy, Cavour secured an alliance with A) the pope. B) Prussia. C) the Hungarians. D) France. E) Russia.

D) France.

In which episode in the unification of Italy did Guiseppe Garibaldi play a key role? A) Austria's defeat of Mazzini's republicanism in 1848. B) The defeat of Austria at Solferino in 1859. C) The peace negotiations at Villafranca in 1859. D) The conquest and annexation of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. E) The annexation of Rome in 1870.

D) The conquest and annexation of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

Bismarck's constitution for the North German Confederation featured all of the following except A) a lower house elected by a universal, male suffrage. B) local control of local affairs. C) Prussian control of the federal government, army, and foreign affairs. D) an elected president. E) an upper house of delegates appointed by different German states.

D) an elected president.

Theodore Herzl was A) the anti-Semitic mayor of Vienna. B) speaker of the Reichstag during much of Bismarck's tenure. C) the creator of modern psychoanalysis. D) the founder of the Zionist Jewish national movement. E) a German socialist and author of Evolutionary Socialism.

D) the founder of the Zionist Jewish national movement.

The guerrilla band that Giuseppe Garibaldi led in his fight to "liberate" the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was known as the _________. a. Brown Shirts b. Sans-Culottes c. Partisans d. Red Shirts e. Black Shirts

D. Red Shirts

Which statement below best characterizes Napoleon III's economic policies? A) They were mercantilist. B) They were laissez-faire. C) They aimed at nationalization of major industries. D) They favored the interests of landed aristocrats. E) They used government action to stimulate railroad building and investment.

E) They used government action to stimulate railroad building and investment.

The success of Napoleon III's system was based on all of the following except A) his recruitment of local notables to stand as government candidates in elections. B) economic intervention. C) close attention to electoral politics. D) sensitivity to public opinion. E) a successful foreign policy.

E) a successful foreign policy.

Bismarck's social reforms were motivated primarily by A) the Long Depression. B) his goal of stimulating the economy. C) humanitarian concern for the suffering of the urban poor. D) the failure of his Kulturkampf against German Catholics. E) his fear and distrust of socialism.

E) his fear and distrust of socialism.

The Italian idealist _________ preached a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage. a. Guiseppe Mazzini b. Victor Emmanuel c. Camillo Benso di Cavour d. Vincenzo Gioberti e. Pope Pius IX

a. Guiseppe Mazzini

Louis Napoleon had widespread support in the 1848 presidential election in France for all of the following reasons except a. he benefited from sharing the name of his uncle, Napoleon Bonaparte, whom romantic writers had transformed into a demigod. b. the army strongly backed him after suffering through years of neglect under both monarchical and liberal governments. c. middle-class and peasant property owners feared the socialist challenge of urban workers. d. Louis Napoleon had circulated pamphlets elaborating a positive political program for France.

b. the army strongly backed him after suffering through years of neglect under both monarchical and liberal governments.

The disastrous Crimean War compelled the Russian monarchy to _________. a. retreat into an isolationist position in terms of European foreign policy b. repeal liberal reforms that had expanded the vote c. disband the legislature and call new elections d. institute harsh censorship of the press e. undertake the reform of serfdom

e. undertake the reform of serfdom