Chapters 23 &24 Flashcards
Who created the light bulb
Thomas Edison
created the model t car and the assembly line
Henry Ford
businesses that worked together to control prices and production levels
cartels
Why did Germany become so successful in the second industrial revolution
because they had the ability to use the new technology to create goods unlike Britain where the cost was too great
piece working where the worker was paid by piece and could work from home
sweating
a world wide day of strike where people would strike around the world
Second International
idea that government is unnecessary and that no government is better than any government
anarchism
this man’s goal was better housing conditions for the world
V.A. Huber
founded the boy scouts
Robert Balden-Powell
What was the purpose of the boy scouts
to toughen up the boys
Why did the liberals support public education
it was important to personal and social improvement
used sensationalism and tried to make stories more important than they really are (similar to the tabloids today)
yellow press
How did Britain increase their number of voters
anyone who paid taxes were allowed to vote
This man was the representative of the Irish in the British Parliament
Charles Parnell
What was the Irish Question
Whether or not Ireland should be treated like a colony or not
radical republican government that fought against the French government
Commune
Why wasn’t Italy really united
because they had powerful families that would fight each other in factions
How did Bismarck steal the thunder of the liberals
because he would change his mind and apply their changes before they could do anything about it
How did Bismarck loose his job
the King William II didn’t want Bismarck telling him what to do
How did the Hungarians try and solve the nationality problem
force everyone to be like them
discovered radium which gave off radiation and discovered the atom
Marie Curie
blamed Christianity for the world’s problems
Fredrich Nietzsche
Field that Sigmund Freud developed
psychology
application of Darwin’s theory’s to social interaction
Social Darwinism
What factors worked against organized religions
the church rejected the ideas developed by scientists
rejection of displaying things as accurately as possible
Modernism
women that wrote about alcoholism
Emile Zola
`Major form of literature by the symbolists
poetry
artist’s impression of the changing lite in nature
impressionism
impressionist painter
Claude Monet
painter in Spain who cut off his ear
Pablo Picasso
what was the first goal of the women’s right’s movement
protections for women in the case of divorce and becoming a widow
women’s rights leader that wanted public demonstrations to create attention to the cause
Emmeline Pankhurst
hatred of the Jews
anti-Semitism
belief that the Jews should return to Palestine
Zionism
newspaper writer who organized an effort to move the Jews to Palestine
Theodor Herzl
man framed for selling secrets to Germany
Alfred Dreyfus
created the Russian Industrialization Movement
Sergi White
protest at the Russian winter palace
Bloody Sunday
Russian tsars way of appealing to what the people wanted
October Manifesto
What was the major problem in Canada
Language
idea that the white man must care for the people of inferior races
White Man’s Burden
poet who wrote about the white man’s burden
Rudyard Kipling
Dutch people of South Africa
Boers
a Scottish missionary in Africa
David Livingstone
What was David Stanley before he looked for David Livingstone
newspaper writer
African nations not concurred by Europe
Liberia and Ethiopia
Why was Russia’s war with Japan embarrassing
they lost
other countries influencing China and how they run their government
Sphere’s of Influence
policy that stated the United States would trade with anyone in Asia
Open Door Policy
US admiral that forced Japan to trade with us
Commodore Matthew Perry
Things that the USA won in the Spanish American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Chinese rebellion against the United States
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese revolutionary that overthrew the Chinese government
Sun Yat-sen
equivalent to the knights of Japan
samurai
Indian tradition that the husband’s die when the wives do
sati
What did France want back after the Franco-Prussian War
the Alsace-Lorraine
how did William II screw up what Bismarck worked so hard for
he decided to end his alliance with Russia
alliance that was a part of Britain, France, Italy and Russia
Triple Entente
