WorksheetsGrowth of Western Democracies
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What French scandal is highlighted on the magazine cover?
a)
Dreyfus Affair
b)
Boulanger Affair
c)
Medal of Honor Affair
d)
Communards
2.
What is a rotten borough?
a)
large factory town with no representation in gov't
b)
rural town w/ small population but still had representation in gov't
c)
decrepit town w/ poor infrastructure
d)
Irish town w/ poor residents
3.
The Reform Bill of 1867
a)
got rid of rotten boroughs
b)
gave women the right to vote
c)
doubled the amount of the electorate
d)
created more Lords
4.
What socialist group tried to achieve reform through legal means?
a)
Free Traders
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Absentee Landlords
d)
Fabians
5.
Which political group favored the repeal of the Corn Laws?
a)
Free Traders
b)
Conservatives
c)
Fabians
d)
Labour
6.
Convicts from overflowing English jails were sent to
a)
Africa
b)
Germany
c)
Australia
d)
China
7.
The Irish Potato Famine caused many Irish to emigrate to
a)
Italy
b)
Africa
c)
England
d)
United States
8.
What territory doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
a)
Gasden Purchase
b)
Alaska
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Texas Annexation
9.
Most Americans felt that Western expansion was justified by
a)
19th Amendment
b)
Right of Reason
c)
Rule of Law
d)
Manifest Destiny
10.
What reform movement is this poster highlighting?
a)
Temperance
b)
Abolition
c)
Women's Rights
d)
Separation of Church & State
11.
Napoleon III's greatest achievement was the building of
a)
the Panama Canal
b)
the Suez Canal
c)
the Mexican Empire
d)
a border wall to keep out Prussia
12.
After the war with Prussia, France lost this territory.
a)
Alsace & Lorraine
b)
Schleswig & Holstein
c)
Gadsden
d)
Lombardy
13.
During the late 1800s, many Irish peasants rose up against their absentee landlords by
a)
refusing to grow potatoes
b)
protest marches
c)
refusing to pay their tithes
d)
trying assassinations
14.
Which of the following was not par to the Chartist Movement's platform?
a)
universal male sufferage
b)
secret ballot
c)
annual parliamentary elections
d)
women's sufferage
15.
Which English leader was a champion for the Conservatives and wanted keep the Corn Laws intact?
a)
Benjamin Disraeli
b)
William Gladstone
c)
Joseph Donnelly
d)
Ferdinand de Lesseps
16.
Which English leader was a champion for the Conservatives and wanted keep the Corn Laws intact?
a)
Benjamin Disraeli
b)
William Gladstone
c)
Joseph Donnelly
d)
Ferdinand de Lesseps
17.
Which of the following was not a social reform in Great Britain in the late 1800s?
a)
reduce number of capital crimes
b)
free compolsary elementary education
c)
women received the right to vote
d)
Abolition movement
18.
Which book brought to light the great injustice of slavery?
a)
A Tale of Two Cities
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Les Miserable
d)
Huckleberry Finn
19.
African-Americans were given the right to vote in the United States with the
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
21st Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
20.
Which Rockefeller company was ruled a monopoly under the Sherman Act and ordered to break up?
a)
Union Pacific Railways
b)
American Telegraph & Telephone
c)
Standard Oil
d)
American Steel
21.
Which of the following movements supported the return of Jews to their ancestral homeland in Palestine?
a)
Abolition
b)
Zionism
c)
Temperance
d)
Anti-Semitic
22.
Many Republicans in France saw this as a conservative force that blocked progressive policies.
a)
Women
b)
Lutheran Church
c)
Drefusards
d)
Catholic Church
23.
Which of the following was not a reason for the success of the United States after the Civil War?
a)
expansive labor force
b)
good communication & transportation networks
c)
monopolies
d)
political stability
24.
Which woman excelerated the women's rights movement by advocating violence?
a)
Lucretia Mott
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Emiline Pankhurst
d)
Sojourner Truth
25.
What type of government did Great Britain become at the end of the 17th century?
a)
Parliamentary democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Republic
d)
Constitutional monarchy
26.
Free traders did not like the use of
a)
anti-trust laws
b)
tariffs
c)
constitutions
d)
welfare laws
27.
The anti-trust law that was created in 1890 was called
a)
Abolition Act
b)
Volstead Act
c)
Roosevelt Act
d)
Sherman Act
28.
Napoleon III tried to set up a French satellite state in
a)
Mexico
b)
Colombia
c)
West Africa
d)
Egypt
29.
What kind of government is very unstable?
a)
Parliamentary democracy
b)
Coalition
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
30.
The Prussian Army quickly attacked France after a declaration of war and laid siege to
a)
Normandy
b)
Paris
c)
Loire
d)
Brussels
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