Question 1
What did Houston Stewart Chamberlain argue in his 1899-publication Foundations of the Nineteenth Century?
a. Germany would lead the world in high-tech manufacturing.
b. Germany would lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe.
c. Germany would be the European leader in music and the arts.
d. Germany would generate the next great world religion.
e. Germany would fail if they did not accept Jews as the originators of Western civilization.
Question 2
By the 1850s, which of the following was a consequence of internal improvements in the North?
a. The canals and railroads built in the North only benefited factory owners and financiers.
b. The canals and railroads built in the North had a unifying effect by linking the Northeast with the OldNorthwest.
c. The canals and railroads built in the North benefited the entire nation and helped to integrate both the Southand the Old Northwest into the North's market economy.
d. The canals and railroads built in the North severely strained the economy of many Northern states, causingsome of those states to declare their state treasuries bankrupt.