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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Industrial Revolution

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Germany was able to industrialize before it unified largely due to which of the following?
  1. Intense competition with Britain
  2. The threat of Prussian invasion motivated the creation of arms factories
  3. The exceptionally driven nature of its culture
  4. A unified system of tariffs among the city states
  5. A common language spoken throughout the region
Explanation
Answer: D - Industrialization took hold in Germany before the nation fully emerged because of the Zollervein, or tariff system. Because 80% of the German city-states subscribed to this system, goods could easily move among them. This was particularly important for the transport of the iron and ore that fueled the Industrial Revolution.
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