HST 221 - Exam 1 questions and verified
answers to pass
What did the Industrial Revolution lead to? - correct answer ✔✔As their industries outgrew
local resources and markets, Western nations began pursuing policies of imperialism to ensure a
ready supply of raw materials for their factories and to gain secure markets for their surplus
goods
How did industrialization bring social problems? - correct answer ✔✔- Many people left the
countryside to work where factories were located in cities; population grew rapidly
- led to poor sanitation and housing, crime, shortages of hospitals and schools
- created major changes in social classes (old upper class vs. new upper class)
Explain liberal-conservative struggles in Europe - correct answer ✔✔- Conservatives supported
class distinctions, autocratic government, special economic privileges for the upper class,
practiced traditional values (ex: Germany, Austria Hungary, russia)
- Liberals supported freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, were in the rising business
and professional classes, wanted to change society so they would have a powerful place in it
(ex: Britain and France)
Karl Marx and his theory - correct answer ✔✔- theory = productive forces such as technology,
material resources, and labor determined economic relationships
- this makes up the foundation of society that determined "superstructure" of government
Friedrich Engels - correct answer ✔✔- German
- developed socialism with Karl Marx
,What did Marx believe about class conflict? - correct answer ✔✔That it was inevitable and
would continue until the golden era of communism was established
Describe Great Britain in 1900 - correct answer ✔✔- one of the most liberal and prosperous
nations in the world
- highly industrialized economy
- constitutional monarchy; growing tendencies toward social reform and liberalism
- universal adult male suffrage
Emmeline Pankhurst - correct answer ✔✔- organized a suffragist movement to demand voting
rights for women in Great Britain
- adopted effective but controversial militant tactics to get her point across (ex: processions,
window smashing, hunger strikes)
Women's Suffrage Movement in Great Britain - correct answer ✔✔- Pankhurst led the
movement
- instrumental in forming the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, which took
direct action to force the government to agree to let women vote
When were women given the right to vote in Great Britain? - correct answer ✔✔1928
Laissez-Faire system - correct answer ✔✔British industrialists believed the government should
keep a hands-off policy towards business
Labour Party - correct answer ✔✔- represented a coming together of trade union leaders and
socialist intellectuals (marxism, social democrats)
- rapid growth demonstrated the rising political power of workers
- the Party limited monopolies, assisted the unemployed, and improved working conditions
, Describe political life in Great Britain - correct answer ✔✔- parliamentary democracy /
constitutional monarchy
- Parliament Bill of 1911 gave the House of Commons (elected chamber of British Parliament)
control over the government budget (britain willpower)
- government had checks and balances, good advantage over other countries to get away from
absolute monarchy
How did Britain amass such a huge empire during this time? - correct answer ✔✔- they had the
largest navy in the world, also maintained a small but efficient volunteer army
- maintained a formidable presence in the Western Hemisphere, but also amassed a large
collection of overseas possessions in the world (ex: Egypt, Suez Canal, Sudan, Nigeria, etc.)
Describe France in 1900 - correct answer ✔✔- industrialized nation with a large empire
- much larger agricultural base than Great Britain, but a less developed industrial system
- moving toward liberalization
What did liberal coalition governments do in France? - correct answer ✔✔- reformed the
military and subordinated it to the civilian government
- limited the political power of the Catholic Church
- church and state were formally separated
How was the French army? - correct answer ✔✔- France experienced military weakness
- French army was smaller and less efficient than Germany
How did France make up for having great military weakness? - correct answer ✔✔France sought
to create an alliance system to bolster French power with Russia
What was the multiparty system established in France? - correct answer ✔✔Conservatism,
liberalism, radicalism
answers to pass
What did the Industrial Revolution lead to? - correct answer ✔✔As their industries outgrew
local resources and markets, Western nations began pursuing policies of imperialism to ensure a
ready supply of raw materials for their factories and to gain secure markets for their surplus
goods
How did industrialization bring social problems? - correct answer ✔✔- Many people left the
countryside to work where factories were located in cities; population grew rapidly
- led to poor sanitation and housing, crime, shortages of hospitals and schools
- created major changes in social classes (old upper class vs. new upper class)
Explain liberal-conservative struggles in Europe - correct answer ✔✔- Conservatives supported
class distinctions, autocratic government, special economic privileges for the upper class,
practiced traditional values (ex: Germany, Austria Hungary, russia)
- Liberals supported freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, were in the rising business
and professional classes, wanted to change society so they would have a powerful place in it
(ex: Britain and France)
Karl Marx and his theory - correct answer ✔✔- theory = productive forces such as technology,
material resources, and labor determined economic relationships
- this makes up the foundation of society that determined "superstructure" of government
Friedrich Engels - correct answer ✔✔- German
- developed socialism with Karl Marx
,What did Marx believe about class conflict? - correct answer ✔✔That it was inevitable and
would continue until the golden era of communism was established
Describe Great Britain in 1900 - correct answer ✔✔- one of the most liberal and prosperous
nations in the world
- highly industrialized economy
- constitutional monarchy; growing tendencies toward social reform and liberalism
- universal adult male suffrage
Emmeline Pankhurst - correct answer ✔✔- organized a suffragist movement to demand voting
rights for women in Great Britain
- adopted effective but controversial militant tactics to get her point across (ex: processions,
window smashing, hunger strikes)
Women's Suffrage Movement in Great Britain - correct answer ✔✔- Pankhurst led the
movement
- instrumental in forming the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, which took
direct action to force the government to agree to let women vote
When were women given the right to vote in Great Britain? - correct answer ✔✔1928
Laissez-Faire system - correct answer ✔✔British industrialists believed the government should
keep a hands-off policy towards business
Labour Party - correct answer ✔✔- represented a coming together of trade union leaders and
socialist intellectuals (marxism, social democrats)
- rapid growth demonstrated the rising political power of workers
- the Party limited monopolies, assisted the unemployed, and improved working conditions
, Describe political life in Great Britain - correct answer ✔✔- parliamentary democracy /
constitutional monarchy
- Parliament Bill of 1911 gave the House of Commons (elected chamber of British Parliament)
control over the government budget (britain willpower)
- government had checks and balances, good advantage over other countries to get away from
absolute monarchy
How did Britain amass such a huge empire during this time? - correct answer ✔✔- they had the
largest navy in the world, also maintained a small but efficient volunteer army
- maintained a formidable presence in the Western Hemisphere, but also amassed a large
collection of overseas possessions in the world (ex: Egypt, Suez Canal, Sudan, Nigeria, etc.)
Describe France in 1900 - correct answer ✔✔- industrialized nation with a large empire
- much larger agricultural base than Great Britain, but a less developed industrial system
- moving toward liberalization
What did liberal coalition governments do in France? - correct answer ✔✔- reformed the
military and subordinated it to the civilian government
- limited the political power of the Catholic Church
- church and state were formally separated
How was the French army? - correct answer ✔✔- France experienced military weakness
- French army was smaller and less efficient than Germany
How did France make up for having great military weakness? - correct answer ✔✔France sought
to create an alliance system to bolster French power with Russia
What was the multiparty system established in France? - correct answer ✔✔Conservatism,
liberalism, radicalism
