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2191. The major type of workers’ organization that helped factory laborers to develop a sense of class consciousness during the industrial revolution was the

A. mutual aid society.

B. fraternal society.

C. guild.

D. union.

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2192. Mostly early nineteenth-century liberals advocated:

A. Direct representation from those who owned property

B. Universal manhood suffrage

C. State intervention in the economy

D. The enfranchisement of all slaves

✅ The correct answer is option A.

2193. Between 1780 and 1850, the European population

A. ballooned from 175 million to 266 million.

B. declined from 266 million to 175 million.

C. experienced rising mortality rates.

D. became more homogenized in terms of economic class.

✅ The correct answer is option A.

2194. The guiding principle /s of the Congress of Vienna was:

A. Balance of power

B. Principle of Legitimacy

C. both (a) & (b)

D. None of the above

✅ The correct answer is option C.

2195. Some of the continental European governments tried to catch up to British industrialization by means of all of the following methods EXCEPT

A. enacting protective tariffs.

B. subsidizing new industries.

C. buying out entire British industries.

D. eliminating internal tariffs, as the German states did in the Zollverein.

✅ The correct answer is option C.

2196. The peace treaties crafted in Vienna in 1815 prevented a major European war until:

A. 1830

B. 1848

C. 1870

D. 1914

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2197. As a result of the Congress of Vienna, Poland:

A. was left as it was in 1795

B. became an independent nation

C. joined the quadruple alliance with Britain, Austria and Prussia

D. became a nominally independent kingdom ruled by Tsar Alexander

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2198. Which country emerged as the most powerful continental state after the fall of Napoleon?

A. Russia

B. Prussia

C. Britain

D. Italy

✅ The correct answer is option A.

2199. After his defeat Napoleon was sent for exile on the rocky island of St. Helena in the:

A. South Pacific

B. Indian Ocean

C. South Atlantic

D. South China Sea

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2200. When was Napoleon defeated?

A. June 18, 1815

B. July 18, 1815

C. January 20, 1820

D. None of the above

✅ The correct answer is option A.