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| What do Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, and Winston Churchill have in common? (Mark all the correct answers.) |
| | | Student Response | | A. | They all served as prime minister in a "National Government." | | B. | They were all Conservative Party politicians in the interwar period. | | C. | They all supported the policy of appeasement. | | D. | They all held office as chancellor of the exchequer during the 1920s. | |
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| Which of the following measures did the government put into effect during the Second World War? (choose all correct answers) |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | food rationing | | 2. | "drafting" of women for industrial work | | 3. | income tax upwards of 50% | | 4. | fines for failing to "blackout" home | |
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| During the 1920s, unemployment in Britiain never fell lower than which figure? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | 5% | | 2. | 10% | | 3. | 20% | | 4. | 35% | |
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| Which of the following British generals was commander during the Battle of the Somme (1916)? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | General Dyer | | B. | Sir John French | | C. | Field Marshal Haig | | D. | Lord Kitchener | |
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| Ramsay MacDonald first served as Labour Prime Minister in which year? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | 1918 | | 2. | 1924 | | 3. | 1926 | | 4. | 1929 | |
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| Which of the following goals did the General Strike achieve? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | higher wages for coal miners | | B. | bringing down the Conservative prime minister | | C. | establishing the right of unions to go on sympathy strikes | | D. | none of the above | |
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| Which of the following Liberal policies was NOT discarded during the First World War? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | unemployment insurance | | B. | opposition to tariffs | | C. | laissez-faire economic policies | | D. | reliance on a volunteer army | |
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| a. unemployment insurance |
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| The Representation of the People Act (1918) did which of the following? (Choose all correct answers.) |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Granted full manhood suffrage | | 2. | Gave the vote only to women age 30 and over | | 3. | Increased the electorate by about 50% overall | | 4. | Reduced the period between general elections from seven years to five | |
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| Which of the following factors did MOST to increase popular support for going to war in 1914? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | the Kaiser's plans to build a battleship fleet | | B. | concern about Britain's economic future | | C. | French expectation of help in case of German attack | | D. | the invasion of neutral Belgium | |
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| d. the invasion of neutral belgium |
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| Which of the following battles were British victories during World War II? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Dunkirk | | 2. | El Alamein | | 3. | Stalingrad | | 4. | Singapore | |
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| Which of the following policies were enacted by the National Government under Baldwin, 1931-1937? (Choose all correct answers.) |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | fixed prices for agricultural products | | 2. | increases in unemployment assistance | | 3. | higher duties on foreign imports | | 4. | raised salaries for teachers | |
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| Which of the following technological innovations became widely available to consumers for the first time in interwar Britain? (Choose all correct answers.) |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | air travel | | 2. | railways | | 3. | automobiles | | 4. | radio | |
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| 3 automobiles and 4 radio |
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| By 1870, what proportion of England's national income was held by the richest 10% of the population? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | 25% | | B. | 33% | | C. | over 50% | | D. | over 75% | |
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| John Henry Newman was a major figure in which religious development of the mid-19th century? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | agnosticism | | 2. | Catholic Emancipation | | 3. | Oxford Movement | | 4. | Unitarianism | |
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| The so-called Indian Mutiny led to which of the following consequences? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | British authorities launched indiscriminate repression against civilians and soldiers alike. | | 2. | Parliament abolished the East India Company, and India was annexed to the Empire as the Raj. | | 3. | Britain took over direct rule of the entire country, dethroning native rulers. | | 4. | all of the above | |
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| 2. parliament abolished the east india company and india was annexed to the empire as the raj |
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| Which statement is correct concerning the Act of Parliament that ended slavery in the British Empire? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | slaves were freed immediately and unconditionally | | B. | owners were compensated for the loss of their property | | C. | masters were fined for keeping former slaves as apprentices | | D. | ex-slaves from Canada were resettled in Sierra Leone | |
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| b. owners were compensated for the loss of ther property |
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which of the following is connected with a big black and white picture of a shitload of people? | 1. | Effective measures in ensuring public health | 2. | The campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts | 3. | The decline of Chartism | 4. | Irish immigration to Britain |
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| Which of the following was a motive in the British occupation of Egypt in 1882? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | Parliament's support for an expedition | | B. | concern about the security of the Suez Canal | | C. | the danger of a nationalist rising against the native Egyptian ruler | | D. | all of the above | |
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| The Second (1867) Reform Act increased the franchise of Britain to approximately what proportion of adult men? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | 25% | | B. | 33% | | C. | 66% | | D. | 80% | |
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| The image represents which two public figures? | | [image] | | | Student Response | | 1. | Queen Victoria and William Gladstone | | 2. | Josephine Butler and Benjamin Disraeli | | 3. | Benjamin Disraeli and Queen Victoria | | 4. | Queen Victoria and the Vizier of the Ottoman empire | |
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| 3. benjamin disraeli and queen victoria |
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| Which is not true of Prince Albert, Victoria's husband? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | He was a keen advocate of technological progress. | | 2. | He was an English gentleman by birth and breeding. | | 3. | He died in 1861, leaving the Queen a widow for 40 years. | | 4. | He had a troubled relationship with some members of his own family. | |
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| 2. he was an english gentleman by birth and breeding |
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| The vast iron structure built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 had which popular name? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Crystal Palace | | 2. | Taj Mahal | | 3. | Wembley Stadium | | 4. | Brighton Pavilion | |
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| "The old opinions in religion, morals, and politics, are so much discredited in the more intellectual minds as to have lost the greater part of their efficacy for good." Which mid-Victorian public figure held this view? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | George Eliot | | 2. | Charles Darwin | | 3. | W. E. Gladstone | | 4. | John Stuart Mill | |
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| Between 1847 and 1874, the Conservative (Tory) Party won how many general elections? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | none | | B. | one | | C. | two | | D. | three | |
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| Which name referred to political opponents of Irish Home Rule? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Peelites | | 2. | Whigs | | 3. | Unionists | | 4. | Radicals | |
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During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest in Britain closed significantly. true or false |
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| The New Poor Law (1834) was based on the principle of "less eligibility." What did this mean? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | That women were more likely than men to be considered deserving of help. | | 2. | That conditions in the workhouse should be unattractive to discourage paupers from seeking relief. | | 3. | That Boards of Guardians in Ireland were to be elected rather than appointed. | | 4. | That only single females were to be admitted to workhouses. | |
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| 2. that conditions in the workhouse should be unattractive to discourage paupers from seeking relief. |
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| After 1846, the Tory Party split over which of the following issues? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Home Rule for Ireland | | [image] 2. | the repeal of the Corn Laws | | 3. | the Crimean war | | 4. | introduction of an income tax | |
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| 2. the repeal of the corn laws |
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| The Brunel family of engineers had no part in which one of the following 19th-century achievements? |
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The final factor in sparking the Glorious Revolution was the birth of an heir to James II. true or false? |
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Which of the following gains for Britain can be attributed to its victory in the Seven Years' War? (Choose one combination.) | A. | access to the Mediterranean | | B. | a foothold in the Caribbean islands | | C. | control of trade with India | | D. | a dominant position in North America | | E. | destruction of France's war-making capacity |
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c control of trade with india and d. a dominant position in north america |
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| To which episode of 18th-century politics does this cartoon refer? | | [image] | | | Student Response | | 1. | the career of George III's son | | 2. | the exile of John Wilkes | | 3. | the Hanoverian succession | | 4. | the prime ministership of Robert Walpole | |
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| the career of george iii's son |
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| Which of the following are true regarding the National Health Service (est. 1948) ? Mark all correct answers. |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | It was repealed by the Conservative Thatcher government. | | 2. | It provided hospital care free of charge. | | 3. | It was welcomed by a majority of practicing physicians. | | 4. | It covered false teeth. | |
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2. it provided hospital care free of charge and 4. it covered false teeth |
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| Which factor is most cited as enabling Margaret Thatcher to win a second election in 1983? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | significant drop in unemployment during her first term | | 2. | upturn in British industrial production | | 3. | the Falklands War | | 4. | pumping of North Sea oil | |
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| Which statement best describes Margaret Thatcher's position on reviving the British economy? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Labor unions could be useful partners in determining economic policy. | | 2. | Government should intervene to protect jobs in inefficient industries. | | 3. | Spending on public services needed to be cut. | | 4. | Limited government ownership of business should be encouraged. | |
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| 3. spending on public services needed to be cut. |
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| In trying to control inflation, both Labour and Conservative governments used all of these methods in the period 1945-1979--except which one? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | wage guidelines | | 2. | lay-offs in nationalized industry | | 3. | higher taxes | | 4. | price controls | |
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| 2. lay offs in nationalized industry |
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| Match the group or individual on the left with the proper political slogan on the right |
| | miners' union in 1926 Harold Macmillan Winston Churchill SNP | | "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" "It's Scotland's oil" "not a minute on the day, not a penny off the pay" "You never had it so good!" | |
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miners - not a minute macmillan - you never had it so good churchill - never was so much snp - its scotlands oil |
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| The Labour government's policy of "austerity" in the period 1945-51 included which one of the following features? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | closing all places of public entertainment | | 2. | refusing loans from the United States | | 3. | continued rationing of foodstuffs | | 4. | creation of the National Health Service | |
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| 3. continued rationing of foodstuffs |
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| y the 1990s, inhabitants of black and Asian background made up approximately what proportion of the British population? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | 5% | | 2. | 10% | | 3. | 1% | | 4. | 15% | |
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| Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, in which year? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | 1956 | | 2. | 1945 | | 3. | 1949 | | 4. | 1952 | |
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| "Comprehensive" schools, an education reform of the 1960s, were intended to do what? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | to coordinate the primary and secondary curriculum | | 2. | to make education free to all working class families | | 3. | to eliminate separate educational paths based on testing | | 4. | to reduce the number of foreign-born students who dropped out | |
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| 3. to eliminate separate educational paths based on testing |
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| Which of the following general elections could be described as decisive Labour victories? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | 1929 | | 2. | 1945 | | 3. | 1979 | | 4. | 1997 | |
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| Which of the following was NOT a post-World War II prime minister in a Labour government? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | James Callaghan | | 2. | Harold Wilson | | 3. | Clement Attlee | | 4. | Harold Macmillan | |
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| British membership of the Common Market was first proposed by which Prime Minister? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Heath | | 2. | Attlee | | 3. | Wilson | | 4. | Macmillan | |
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| Which of the following achieved independence from Britain during the 1950s? Choose all correct responses. |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Union of South Africa | | 2. | Ghana | | 3. | India | | 4. | Republic of Ireland | |
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| According to Mrs Sarah Stickney Ellis, which of the following was NOT among the duties of middle-class wives? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | to attend committee meetings and public lectures | | B. | to make men better through the power of moral example | | C. | to devote themselves to the general good of the family | | D. | to promote the influence of religion | |
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| a. to attend committee meetings and public lectures |
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| | | | | | Late nineteenth-century studies of working class life supported which of the following conclusions? | | A. | Low pay in 'sweated industries' accounted for much poverty. | | B. | Almost one-third of all Londoners lived in poverty. | | C. | Poverty was chiefly the result of moral defects or imprudent behavior. | | D. | Slum housing was crowded but much improved over the preceding decades. | | E. | The majority of working-class families lived below the poverty line. pick some sort of combo | | |
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| it's definitely a and b. and then maybe c or d also. |
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| Which factor played the smallest role in the growth of British imperialism after 1880? |
| | | Student Response | | A. | the value of new colonies as investments and profitable markets | | B. | concerns over German and French expansion | | C. | belief that British rule was a "civilizing" force | | D. | the fear that Britain was being overtaken economically | | | | |
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| Which best summarizes politics in the 18th century? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | The House of Commons consisted almost entirely of professional men like lawyers and merchants. | | 2. | The Tories dominated government because Whigs were forbidden to stand for Parliament. | | 3. | The control of politics by a landowning oligarchy was virtually unchallenged. | | 4. | Popular movements for reform of Parliament succeeded in cutting corruption and "influence" in politics. | |
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| 3. the control of politics by a landowning oligarchy was virtually unchallenged. |
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During the reigns of William III and Anne, England was never at peace with France. true or false? |
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| In what year did the Hanoverians take the throne of Britain? |
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| Between the late 17th century and the early 19th, the population of England grew at which rate? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | by 50% | | 2. | doubled | | 3. | tripled | | 4. | remained stable | |
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The proportion of the overall population that had the vote slowly but steadily increased throughout the 18th century. true or false? |
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| Which of the following has LEAST to do with the history of Ireland up to 1800? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | the defeat of James II at the Battle of the Boyne | | 2. | the Protestant Ascendancy | | 3. | the patriot cause in the American Revolution | | 4. | potato blight | |
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During the 18th century, the Parliamentary constituencies known as "boroughs" typically had which of the following characteristics? | A. | they had no inhabitants | | B. | the majority had fewer than 500 voters | | C. | the qualifications for the franchise varied widely | | D. | they alone required a secret ballot | | E. | by law their representatives were to be non-aristocrats choose a combO! |
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| Which of the following is NOT properly associated with the career of John Wilkes? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | opposition to restrictions on the press | | 2. | sympathy for Scottish immigrants | | 3. | demonstrations in favor of "free" elections | | 4. | support for the American Revolution | |
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| 2. sympathy for scottish immigrants |
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| What is the name given to the return of Charles as king in 1660? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Restitution | | 2. | Stuart succession | | 3. | Restoration | | 4. | Glorious Revolution | |
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| Which of the following was NOT accepted as part of the role of an early 18th-century Prime Minister? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | controlling the King's choice of ministers | | 2. | distributing the Crown's patronage to supporters | | 3. | maintaining a majority in the House of Commons | | 4. | assisting the political careers of friends and family | |
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| controlling the king's choice of ministers |
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| Which man is traditionally seen as the first Prime Minister of Britain? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | John Churchill | | 2. | Lord Bute | | 3. | Edmund Burke | | 4. | Robert Walpole | |
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| According to the lawyer Blackstone, "husband and wife are one, and the husband is that one." What did this mean? |
| | | Student Response | | 1. | Marriage was indissoluble, divorce impossible. | | 2. | Men should treat their wives as they would wish to be treated. | | 3. | Wives had no independent legal standing as property-owners or heads of families. | | 4. | England was "a paradise for women," because men did all the work. | |
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| wives had no independent legal standing as property owners or heads of families |
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Which of the following were the principal supports of British imperial success in the 18th century? (Choose one combination.) | A. | a large, well-drilled army | | B. | the policy of mercantilism | | C. | Protestant zeal against the Catholic French | | D. | the willingness of Parliament to raise taxes | | E. | an effective navy choose a combo! |
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| d and e! taxes and a navy |
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| Which of the following changes can be traced directly to the Glorious Revolution? (Choose one combination.) | | A. | the end of the royal veto | | B. | overthrow of James II | | C. | annual meetings of Parliament | | D. | the Union with Scotland | | E. | Parliamentary approval for a standing army in peacetime |
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| The term 'Jacobites' refers to which group? | | | | | Student Response | | 1. | those who supported the overthrow of James II | | [image]2. | adherents of the Stuart dynasty | | 3. | Irish bandits | | 4. | those who deserted to join William of Orange |
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| adherents of the stuart dynasty |
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| Which of the following is NOT true of Thomas Paine (1737-1809)? | | | | | Student Response | | 1. | He wrote the tract "Common Sense" (1776). | | 2. | He supported the French Revolution. | | [image]3. | He was born in America. | | 4. | His "Rights of Man" was banned in Britain. |
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| Which of the following is an essential part of the definition of a "gentleman" in 18th-century Britain? | | | | | Student Response | | 1. | a degree from Oxford or Cambridge | | 2. | the ability to live without manual labor | | 3. | a peerage | | [image]4. | income based on land alone |
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