chapter 11 (11.1-11.2)

Question 1

the industrial revolution started by…

Answer 1

the bessemer process and electricity

Question 2

thomas edison

Answer 2

invented the lightbulb

Question 3

alexander bell

Answer 3

invention of the telephone

Question 4

marconi

Answer 4

radio waves

Question 5

internal-combustion

Answer 5

an engine that makes energy by burning fuel; used with airplanes and automobiles

Question 6

two hostile camps

Answer 6

bourgeoisie oppressors and the working-class proletriat

Question 7

marxists believed capitalism could be defeated only by…

Answer 7

violent revolution

Question 8

what did workers do to improve their working conditions

Answer 8

they organized a union

Question 9

industrial life recognized…

Answer 9

housing and santitation

Question 10

improvements in housing came through:

Answer 10

building regulations requiring running water and a drainage system

Question 11

improvements in water came from

Answer 11

aqueducts, tunnels, reservoirs, heaters, and sewage treatment systems

Question 12

how much of the population did the europe elite make up, and how much of the wealth did they control?

Answer 12

they made up 5%, but controlled 30-40%

Question 13

upper-middle class

Answer 13

industrialists and bankers

Question 14

middle class

Answer 14

lawyers, doctors, accountants

Question 15

lower-middle class

Answer 15

traders and prosperous farmers

Question 16

women found jobs such as

Answer 16

health, education, and social services

Question 17

feminism

Answer 17

equality was a natural right for women as well as men

Question 18

Emmelie Pankhurst

Answer 18

demonstrated for the right to vote

Question 19

public education

Answer 19

developed a trained workforce and instilled patriotism

Question 20

second industrial revolution produced mass leisure such as

Answer 20

amusement parks and team sports

Question 21

three signs of expanding democracy

Answer 21

universal male suffrage, prime minister was responsible to the legislative body, mass political parties

Question 22

liberals/conservative party

Answer 22

reform acts

Question 23

labour party

Answer 23

voted for social reforms

Question 24

third republic party

Answer 24

republican constitution

Question 25

what led to the creation of Duma in russia

Answer 25

Nicholas II was forced to grant civil liberties/create Duma

Question 26

how did the shift from farm-based econom to an industrial one change the united states

Answer 26

american iron and steel production was plentiful, industrialization led to urbanization, the us had 3 cities with large populations

Question 27

what was the result of the us victory in the spanish-american war

Answer 27

the united states aquired the former spanish possessions of puerto rico, guam, and the philippines

Question 28

what led to the alliance of great britain, france, and russia? who were they against

Answer 28

german policies caused the british to draw closer to france, and they were against austria-hungary and italy

Question 29

what helped push europe close to war by the beginning of 1914

Answer 29

the two wars between the balkan states in 1912 and 1913 created more tensions among the great powers

Question 30

how did industrialization cause political and social changes in europe and the united states during thiss period

Answer 30

there was a lot of government change with parties; lots of argument, alliances, and wars broke out

Question 31

impressionism

Answer 31

a movement where artists rejected indoor studios

Question 32

postimpressionism

Answer 32

movement that artists should paint what they feel

Question 33

how did postimpressionsim lead to other styles of painting

Answer 33

artists were no longer convinced that their main goal was to represent reality

Question 34

marie curie

Answer 34

discovered that an element gave off energy tht came from within the atom

Question 35

albert einstein’s theory of reality

Answer 35

space and time are not absolute but are relative to the observer

Question 36

Sugmund Freud

Answer 36

a doctor who proposed theories reguarding the nature of the human mind

Question 37

social darwinsim

Answer 37

the radical beleif that darwin’s theory of natural selection could be applied to modern human societies

Question 38

how did nationalists use social darwinism

Answer 38

they said that nations were engaged in a “struggle for existence” in which only the fittest nations would survive

Question 39

how did anti-semitism give rise to zionism in the late 1800’s

Answer 39

anti-semitism made the jews escape persecution, immigrating to palestine