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Maria Montessori was trained as a
teacher
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doctor
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engineer
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housewife
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One of the only countries to resist the pull of economic nationalism and impose heavy tariffs was
Germany
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France
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Denmark
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Britain
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Karl Luëger served several terms as mayor after winning the support of lower-middle class Austrians by
advocating for universal manhood suffrage
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supporting a series of pogroms against the Jews
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turning against the landed aristocracy
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blaming the Jews for his voters’ economic hardship
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One of the key factors driving the drop in the price of goods during the Long Depression was
the advent of birth control, which dramatically slowed population growth
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the improvement in transportation across Europe and to America
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the advent of the steam engine
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the first sustained peace in decades
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William Gladstone’s reforms after he became prime minister in 1868 included
filling Foreign Office positions by competitive exams
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banning flogging as a punishment for crime
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the establishment of the secret ballot in elections
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regulating alcohol
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The founder of modern Zionism was
Alfred Dreyfus
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Theodor Herzl
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Walsin Esterhazy
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Emile Zola
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The first gas-fired internal combustion engine was produced by
N. A. Otto
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Gottlieb Daimler
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Henry Ford
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Werner von Siemens
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In the 1880s, Bismarck passed a series of insurance laws to protect workers, but
they excluded agricultural and domestic workers
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qualifying for benefits was arduous
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they excluded textile and railway workers
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he was opposed by the conservative Kaiser
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Britain’s Parliament regulated working conditions for women and provided family allowances for each child beyond the third or fourth. They did so in
order to protect women in traditional roles and maintain the country’s supply of soldiers and workers
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response to pressure from feminist activists to improve conditions for women
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order to distract attention from rising calls for female suffrage
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response to a fire at a textile mill that killed many of its female workers
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The first European and American cars differed in that
European cars ran on diesel, while American ones used gasoline
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European cars tended to have only two seats, while American ones were large enough to accommodate a family
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European cars had a driver’s seat separated from the passengers’, assuming they would be driven by a chauffeur
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European cars were much less expensive
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The Egyptian ruler, Khedive Ismail, was deposed by Britain and France after he
sold his shares in the Suez Canal Company to Britain
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plotted an uprising against the Europeans with Colonel Ahmad Urabi
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opposed the construction of the Suez Canal
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objected to European oversight of Egypt’s finances
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The phenomenon that paved the way for the First World War was
a rising and virulent strain of anti-Semitism
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rising nationalism across Europe
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a system of alliances that created two rigid blocs poised in a cold war against each other
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Bismarck’s efforts to create a unified Germany
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The correct sequence of development for the following innovations is
telephone, electric light bulb, internal combustion engine, airplane
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telephone, electric light bulb, airplane, internal combustion engine
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telephone, internal combustion engine, electric light bulb, airplane
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electric light bulb, telephone, airplane, internal combustion engine
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The reasons for the new imperialism of the late 19th century did not include
a need for raw materials to support new technologies like automobiles
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nationalist pride and a desire for prestige
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huge economic gains
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nationalist responses to European intervention that prompted the Europeans to intervene more extensively
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Traditionalists in Russia felt that a European war
was the only way to bolster the authority of the czar after a series of challenges
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would lead to catastrophic loss of life
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would be a boon to the Russian economy
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would allow Russia to shore up the Ottoman Empire, which it viewed as a bulwark between itself and Germany
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