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

Chapter 21: Modern Life and the Culture of Progress

True or False Quiz

1
Big business capitalists were able to raise money by selling stocks.
A)True
B)False
2
Merchants tried to create customer demand by building grandiose department stores.
A)True
B)False
3
The new wealth produced by the Second Industrial Revolution benefited all socioeconomic levels equally.
A)True
B)False
4
By the beginning of the twentieth century, most of Western Europe had experienced significant urbanization.
A)True
B)False
5
Carriages, subways, and trains allowed people to live farther away from urban centers while still working and shopping in them.
A)True
B)False
6
Urban reconstruction in France pushed the poor out of the center of Paris into working-class suburbs.
A)True
B)False
7
Turn-of-the-century Europeans believed that athletics could impart character values.
A)True
B)False
8
By 1914, the middle class in Europe had decreased as a percentage of the overall population.
A)True
B)False
9
After the turn of the century, the home ceased to be the center of middle-class private life.
A)True
B)False
10
Because it was difficult to save enough for decent housing, workers might be more apt to spend money on nice clothes to enhance their public image than to squirrel it away for the future.
A)True
B)False
11
The decline in the birth rate around the turn of the century suggests that people took measures to limit births.
A)True
B)False
12
When Darwin revealed that his theory of evolution applied to human beings, it was met without controversy.
A)True
B)False
13
Darwin's theory of evolution allowed dominant groups to rationalize their position in society.
A)True
B)False
14
As scholars attempted to apply scientific techniques and principles to human behavior, the social sciences developed.
A)True
B)False
15
Major advances in the field of nursing sometimes developed during wartime.
A)True
B)False
16
Charles Dickens tended to write novels about the British aristocracy.
A)True
B)False
17
The ideas embodied in Albert Einstein's formula E=mc2 contributed to the later development of the atomic bomb.
A)True
B)False
18
Freud believed that the unconscious mind could be revealed by interpreting dreams.
A)True
B)False
19
Both Durkheim and Freud believed that the advance of civilization brought psychological pain.
A)True
B)False
20
Expressionist art attempted to present disturbing psychic realities and challenged artistic conventions.
A)True
B)False
21
According to Henry Ford, it was far better to employ workers in a large variety of stimulating jobs than to employ them in mindless, repetitive labors.
A)True
B)False
22
During the period of the Second Industrial Revolution, the family was increasingly seen as a sacred place that was free of the intrusions of the outside world.
A)True
B)False
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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