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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 23

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Quiz for Chapter 23: Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870–1890

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1. According to Ferry (Document 23-1), what was the central justification for France’s colonial expansion in Africa and Asia?

French expansionism had ushered in a regime of commercial treaties and corresponding economic growth.

France’s colonial interests allowed it to avoid the intense competition prevalent among European nation-states.

Colonialism embodied the ideals and principles of the French Revolution.

The French had a moral duty to civilize inferior races outside Europe.

2. Based on Kumalo’s account (Document 23-2), which of the following tactics did the British employ to ensure their dominance in Africa?

They offered universal education to native peoples to win their support.

They introduced agriculture to improve local economic conditions.

They confiscated land from local peoples and imposed taxes on them.

They provided access to European goods to enhance natives’ quality of life.

3. According to Williams (Document 23-3), why should Germany’s recent industrial success alarm the British public?

German industries produced goods that could no longer be manufactured in Britain.

The rise in German imports threatened British predominance in world trade.

Long-standing British protectionist policies were ineffective in stemming German imports.

Germany’s enormous capital far exceeded that of English industrialists.

4. Which of these factors shaped Margaret Bondfield’s union activism in late-nineteenth-century London (Document 23-4)?

Her ability to read and write

Her desire to find a husband

Her deference to male authority

Her middle-class social status

5. Which of these artistic principles did Degas’s written entries and pencil drawing of ballet dancers have in common (Document 23-5)?

Art should match the photographic realism of the camera.

Art should capture the permanence of the human experience.

Art should focus on the conventional representations of objects.

Art should depict ordinary scenes from multiple perspectives.