Chapter 10: An Age of Democracy and Progress

Question 1

The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 affect the rights of Roman Catholics who lived in:

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 2

What did Marie Curie and her husband win a Nobel Prize for discovering in chemistry?

Accepted Answer

the elements radium and polonium and their radioactivity

Question 3

Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in what town and state?

Accepted Answer

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Question 4

In 1836, Texas fought for its independence from:

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 5

The Great Famine was a time of widespread starvation in Ireland caused by the destruction of:

Accepted Answer

potato crops

Question 6

The Trail of Tears was the forced westward migration of the Cherokee from Georgia to:

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma

Question 7

Mass culture refers to the growth of

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the appeal of art, writing, music etc to a larger audience

Question 8

Canada received the right to control its own domestic affairs when it:

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became a dominion

Question 9

Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer who was unjustly accused of:

Accepted Answer

selling military secrets

Question 10

The outbreak of the Civil War was a direct result of the:

Accepted Answer

election of Abraham Lincoln

Question 11

The British colony originally set up as a penal colony was:

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 12

The Reform Bill of 1832 lowered the property requirements for voting to give voting rights to:

Accepted Answer

wealthy middle class men

Question 13

The people known as the Maori are:

Accepted Answer

a Polynesian people that settled in New Zealand

Question 14

The first country to give full voting rights to women was:

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 15

Most Protestants opposed the idea of home rule in:

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 16

Queen Victoria was forced to:

Accepted Answer

accept a less powerful role for the monarchy

Question 17

What are two innovative sources of energy being used at the turn of the 19th century?

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electricity and gasoline

Question 18

Before passage of Reform Bill of 1832--percentage of British population that had voting rights:

Accepted Answer

5%

Question 19

In the Gadsden Purchase, the United States purchased land from:

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 20

On April 12, 1861, Confederate Forces fired on what fort to officially start the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 21

The pogroms that took place in Russia were fueled by:

Accepted Answer

anti-Semitism

Question 22

The only country to allow women to vote before 1900 was:

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 23

Sigmund Freud, an early figure of psychology believed that

Accepted Answer

Cocaine is a wonderful drug, the unconscious mind drives behavior

Question 24

Americans used the term "manifest destiny" to justify:

Accepted Answer

westward expansion

Chapter 10: An Age of Democracy and Progress

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Chapter 10: An Age of Democracy and Progress

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