World History ch. 5-7

Question 1

Karl Marx disliked capitalism because he believed it

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created prosperity for a few and poverty for many

Question 2

This enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard natural rights

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John Locke

Question 3

After overthrowing the Directory in 1799, Napoleon set up a three man governing board called

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Consulate

Question 4

Most early factory workers were women because

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employers could pay women less

Question 5

The system of checks and balances in the US government was influenced by the ideas of

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Montesquieu

Question 6

During the reign of terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of

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Committee of Public Safety

Question 7

Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from the

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Scientific Revolution

Question 8

the working class

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proletariat

Question 9

in the Declaration of Pilnitz, the king of Prussia and emperor of Austria

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threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy

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land enclosures in the 1600-1700s resulted in

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larger farms

Question 11

Robespierre believed that France could achieve a "republic of virtue" only through

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the use of terror

Question 12

the National Assembly voted to pay off the huge government debt by

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selling church lands

Question 13

One important result of the Estates-General was

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the National Assembly

Question 14

What war tactic helped defeat Napoleon?

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scorched earth policy

Question 15

In France's old order, which of the following groups were members of the bourgeoisie?

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merchants

Question 16

Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they

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challenged old order

Question 17

Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon's European empire?

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Britain

Question 18

Laws called "factory acts" were passed in the early 1800s to

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reform child labor

Question 19

the putting-out system was a method of

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producing cloth in individual homes

Question 20

Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal

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education

Question 21

Discouraged charitable handouts and vaccinations/ said population would outgrow food supply

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Thomas Malthus

Question 22

improved the steam engine in the late 1700s

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James Watt

Question 23

the first factories developed in what industry?

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textiles

Question 24

American leaders gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise

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the Articles of Confederation

Question 25

Utopian socialist who set up a model community in Scotland

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Robert Owen

Question 26

apartment building for the working class

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tenement

Question 27

the Luddites were a

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labor organization

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Gradual transition from capitalism to socialism instead of violent overthrow of the system

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Social Democracy

Question 29

the idea of separation of powers in the Constitution was inspired by

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Montesquieu

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Wrote Communist Manifesto/ believed haves vs have nots

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Karl Marx

Question 31

the poorest members of the 3rd estate were

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urban workers

Question 32

According to laissez-faire economists, the cure for poverty was

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an unrestricted free market

Question 33

When the new National Convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals create?

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a republic

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Wrote "Iron Law of Wages" and said wages will not raise the standard of living for the poor

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David Ricardo

Question 35

the Continental System was a form of

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economic warfare

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The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between

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national and state governments

Question 37

Under the Napoleonic Code

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men regained complete authority over their wives

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an enlightened despot was a ruler who

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influenced political and social change

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form of socialism/ classless society where all means of production owned by the community

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communism

Question 40

Louis XVI dismissed his financial advisor, Jacques Necker, when Necker proposed

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taxing the 1st and 2nd estates

Question 41

According to Thomas Hobbes, the best form of government is

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an absolute monarchy

Question 42

a major goal of the decision makers at the Congress of Vienna was to

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suppress revolutionary uprisings throughout Europe

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This enlightened despot traveled among the peasants in disguise to learn about their problems

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Joseph II

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"the greatest happiness for the greatest number" was a goal of

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utilitarianism

Question 45

John Wesley was associated with this religion

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Methodist

Question 46

drug that prevents pain during surgery, patented by a dentist

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anesthetic

Question 47

Adam Smith argued that in a free market business would be regulated by the forces of

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supply and demand

Question 48

In France's old order, the clergy belonged to the

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1st estate

Question 49

the development of steam power enabled the growth of

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railroads

World History ch. 5-7

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World History ch. 5-7

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