“Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” Name the document.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen? — MC TIP: French, 1789. Compare its wording directly to the U.S. Declaration.
100
Because agricultural yields rose, this became possible for the first time.
What is feeding a large population that does not farm? — MC TIP: No agricultural revolution, no industrial revolution. Always start the chain there.
100
Britain industrialized mainly through private investment. Japan, Germany, and Russia used this instead.
What is direct government funding and direction? — MC TIP: First mover versus catch-up. Different method, same goal.
100
Continuity: even in 1900, most people on earth still did this for a living.
What is farm? — MC TIP: Industrialization was real but regionally concentrated. Do not overgeneralize.
100
A Unit 5 choice describing the Berlin Conference is misplaced, because that belongs to this unit.
What is Unit 6? — MC TIP: 1884 to 1885. Imperialism is the consequence unit, not the revolutions unit.
200
“If woman is to share the rights of man, she must be given the education to use them.” Who wrote this?
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft? — MC TIP: She turns Enlightenment logic on its own exclusions.
200
Because the American Revolution succeeded, this effect rippled across the Atlantic.
What is it inspired the French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions? — MC TIP: Proof that Enlightenment ideas could become a working government.
200
The American and French revolutions both drew on this same body of ideas.
What is the Enlightenment? — MC TIP: Same ideas, very different outcomes. That contrast is a favorite essay prompt.
200
Change: this entirely new social class emerged between owners and laborers.
What is the industrial middle class of managers, clerks, and professionals? — MC TIP: New economy, new class structure. Watch for it on social-change questions.
200
A choice says the French Revolution immediately produced a stable democracy. The accurate answer is this.
What is it produced the Terror and then Napoleon's empire? — MC TIP: Revolutions rarely land where they aimed. Watch for tidy narratives.
300
“The child is at the frame by six, and is not released until seven at night.” What is being documented?
What is child labor in industrial factories? — MC TIP: Testimony like this drove the first factory acts. Cause and effect.
300
Because factory work moved labor out of the home, this changed for families.
What is wage earning became separated from family life? — MC TIP: Work and home split. That split creates the separate-spheres ideology.
300
Unlike the other Atlantic revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was led by these people.
Who are enslaved people? — MC TIP: Led from the bottom, not by an existing elite. That is what made it unique and feared.
300
Continuity: despite revolutions promising equality, this group remained excluded from voting almost everywhere in 1900.
Who are women? — MC TIP: Revolutionary rhetoric outran revolutionary practice. A common essay angle.
300
A choice claims industrialization raised living standards for workers right away. The better answer is this.
What is conditions were harsh at first and improved only after decades of reform and organizing? — MC TIP: Timing matters. Immediate improvement is the trap.
400
“The workmen of the mill have no property but their hands, and the owner has all else.” Whose analysis is this?
Who is Karl Marx? — MC TIP: Ownership of the means of production is the dividing line. That phrasing is the tell.
400
Because creoles held wealth but were blocked from the top offices, this followed in Latin America.
What is they led the independence movements? — MC TIP: Blocked elites make revolutions. Note who did NOT gain much afterward.
400
Name one reason Japan industrialized successfully while Egypt's attempt failed.
What is Japan had a strong independent state while Egypt faced European financial and military pressure? — MC TIP: Sovereignty is the variable. Ambition alone was not enough.
400
Change: by 1900 global economic and military power had shifted decisively toward these states.
What are the industrialized nations of Western Europe, the United States, and Japan? — MC TIP: Industrialization is what reorders the global hierarchy.
400
A choice credits the cotton gin with reducing slavery in the United States. It actually did this.
What is dramatically expanded it? — MC TIP: More processing capacity meant more demand for picked cotton, so more enslaved labor.
500
“We took the machines and the method, but the spirit shall remain our own.” Which reform program does this describe?
What is the Meiji Restoration in Japan? — MC TIP: Selective borrowing. Technology yes, cultural surrender no.
500
Because industrialization demanded raw materials and new markets, this was the direct consequence after 1800.
What is a new wave of imperialism? — MC TIP: Unit 5 causes Unit 6. State that link and you have the whole second half of the course.
500
Name the shared underlying condition that allowed BOTH nationalism and industrialization to reshape states after 1800.
What is the growth of centralized states able to mobilize people, money, and resources? — MC TIP: Capacity is the hidden variable behind most of Unit 5.
500
Change: governments that had once stayed out of the economy began doing this by the late 1800s.
What is regulating working conditions and providing social welfare? — MC TIP: Bismarck's insurance programs and British factory acts are the go-to examples.
500
A stimulus shows Latin American independence, and a choice says it ended social hierarchy. The accurate answer is this.
What is creole elites replaced peninsulares while the hierarchy largely remained? — MC TIP: Political independence does not equal social revolution. That distinction is the whole question.