The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 19: Nationalism and Statebuilding

True or False Quiz

1
Cavour and Piedmont were initially supported by France in their efforts to gain Italian territory from Austria.
A)True
B)False
2
Garibaldi and his civilian warriors marched toward Rome dressed in blue shirts.
A)True
B)False
3
Rome was the capital of the Kingdom of Italy when it was declared in 1861.
A)True
B)False
4
By 1853, every German state except for Austria had joined the Zollverein.
A)True
B)False
5
Liberals served as Bismarck's allies in the Prussia legislature.
A)True
B)False
6
Bismarck became chancellor of Prussia in 1862.
A)True
B)False
7
Bismarck purposefully chose to proclaim the new German empire at Versailles in France because of its symbolic power.
A)True
B)False
8
Prussia's defeat of French troops in 1871 did not affect French domestic politics.
A)True
B)False
9
The new German Empire established in 1871 was known as the second Reich.
A)True
B)False
10
In the United States, the north favored states' rights, while the south favored federal power.
A)True
B)False
11
The American civil war was the bloodiest war fought in the Western world since the end of the Napoleonic era.
A)True
B)False
12
The French National Assembly changed the constitution in 1851 to allow Louis-Napoleon to serve a second term as president.
A)True
B)False
13
Napoleon III took special measures and enacted reforms to gain the support of the middle and working classes.
A)True
B)False
14
The Russian army and navy attacked the Ottoman Empire in 1853 with the hope of gaining access for Russian shipping through the Turkish Straits.
A)True
B)False
15
Austria was the last European country to abolish serfdom.
A)True
B)False
16
Cavour participated in the Crimean War against Russia (1854) mainly in order to gather support from France and Britain for his eventual plans for Italian unification.
A)True
B)False
17
The British North American Act of 1867 united Canada into a single province that remained under strict British supervision and control.
A)True
B)False
18
Tsar Alexander III's "Great Reforms" transformed Russia virtually overnight into a modern, democratic state.
A)True
B)False
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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