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Chapter 25 Democracy and Reform
  1. The Chartists called for ____________
   A) a change in the ruling government.
   B) no property qualifications for voting.
   C) voting rights for women.
   D) direct election of the prime minister.
  2. Emmeline Pankhurst was notable for ____________
   A) supporting women's suffrage.
   B) founding the Women's Social and Political Union.
   C) leading a voting rights campaign.
   D) all of the above
  3. Lord Durham's recommendation to Parliament was to ____________
   A) grant virtual self-government to Canada.
   B) return rebellious Loyalists to the United States.
   C) surrender Canada to the United States.
   D) divide Canada into two colonies.
  4. Australia was originally founded by Great Britain ____________
   A) to give land to the Aborigines.
   B) as a prisoners' colony.
   C) to relieve crowding in New Zealand.
   D) to attract immigrants.
  5. The July Ordinances resulted in ____________
   A) a new freedom of the press.
   B) the abdication of King Charles X.
   C) a democratic election.
   D) all of the above
  6. Louis-Napoleon ____________
   A) was called the "Citizen-King."
   B) failed to help France's economy.
   C) was Napoleon's son.
   D) became Emperor of France.
  7. The acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase was the result of ____________
   A) Napoleon I's desire to conquer Great Britain.
   B) armed conflict between the United States and France.
   C) a treaty that followed the French-Indian War.
   D) uprisings by Native Americans in the region.
  8. Which statement is true of the American South's economy?
   A) It depended on the labor of enslaved African Americans.
   B) It was primarily agricultural.
   C) It produced cotton for the British textile industry.
   D) all of the above
  9. Of the following, which was not a social class in Latin America?
   A) peninsulares
   B) creoles
   C) mercantilists
   D) mestizos
  10. One reason many Latin American countries were military dictatorships was that ____________
   A) Latin Americans had little practice in governing themselves.
   B) Simón Bolívar failed to defeat the Portuguese.
   C) merchants opposed freedom of trade or religion.
   D) all of the above



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