WHAP 1750-1900 Review

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Which of the following explains the primary objection of the colonists that led to the American Revolution? The increase of autonomy as Britain expected the colonies to deal with their own problems, The increase of social tensions within the colonies between titled nobility and commoners, The increase in population made available land scarce, The increase of extracted revenue to benefit the Mother Country

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The increase of extracted revenue to benefit the Mother Country

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Which of the following is recognized as the beginning of the French Revolution? The bread riots throughout Paris, Louis XVI dissolving the Estates General, Robespierre's rejection of the Declaration of the Rights of man and citizen, The National Assembly claiming to have sole authority to create laws

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The National Assembly claiming to have sole authority to create laws

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A similarity between the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Communist Revolution was that the...

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governments actively deemphasized religion and culture by promoting nationalism

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of Napoleon? His despotic rule utilized martial law and dissolved the secular legal code, His military campaigns led to the largest empire in Europe since the Romans and indirectly caused revolts in South America, He continued the attacks on the Catholic church started during the reign of Robespierre, He supported the goals of the Haitian Revolution

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His military campaigns led to the largest empire in Europe since the Romans and indirectly caused revolts in South America

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Both Hidalgo and Morelos (1810-1811) and Emiliano Zapata (1910-1920) had which of the following goals for Mexico? Options: The rule of the educated creole elite, Agrarian movements of land reform to benefit peasants, Increased power and influence of the Catholic church, The rejection of nativism populist thought

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Agrarian movements of land reform to benefit peasants

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Which invention MOST facilitated the Industrial Revolution? Options: Spinning Jenny, Water wheel, Steam Engine, Telegraph

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Steam Engine

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All of the following are TRUE statements in regards to the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:
- Land owning aristocrats continued to have the most political influence and most wealth
- The Middle class developed and gained the right to vote
- The ideology of domesticity cast women to the role of homemaker
- Improvements in health knowledge and environmental protections eliminated pollution

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Land owning aristocrats continued to have the most political influence and most wealth

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Between 1815 and 1939, 20% of Europe's population (approximately 55 million people) left Europe for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...
To attempt to acquire cheap land, The large demand for labor overseas, To escape widespread poverty

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To escape war-torn areas and genocide

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Which of the following had the highest social status in Latin America prior to the Revolutions? Haciendas, Creoles, Caudillos, Peninsulares

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Peninsulares

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Spreading Christianity to "heathens", work discipline and production, and good government while suppressing "native customs" were goals of

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civilizing mission

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