Chpt. 24 World history

Question 1

What is suffrage

Answer 1

right to vote

Question 2

What was the Bessmer Process

Answer 2

removal of impurities from pig iron by blasting air into molten iron which would react by oxidizing slag

Question 3

slag

Answer 3

impurities that float to the top

Question 4

Thomas Edison

Answer 4

commercially produced the light bulb

Question 5

internal combustion

Answer 5

engine that runs on oil and gas

Question 6

mass production

Answer 6

production big :D

Charle words- production of many products

Question 7

Socialism

Answer 7

economic system where people own means of production

Question 8

communism

Answer 8

government owns means of production

Question 9

Communist Manifacto

Answer 9

oppressors own production, so the oppressed had none and depended on their oppressors
the two groups would fight and cause classless society

Question 10

Who were the oppressers?

Answer 10

bourgeoisie (aka middle class)

Question 11

Who were the oppressed?

Answer 11

proletariat (working class)

Question 12

What percent of the social pyramid was the working class?

Answer 12

80%

Question 13

What industries emerged during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

Answer 13

Steel, chemicals, electricity, and oil

Question 14

Who were the pure Marxists?

Answer 14

People who believed that the state of capitalism would only be destroyed by violent revolts

Question 15

What is a similarity between radical socialism and pure communism?

Answer 15

Both economic systems were controlled by government

Question 16

What is a kaiser?

Answer 16

German emperor

Question 17

Whoooooo was the kaiser?

Answer 17

William II-pursued aggressive foreign policies and dropped the treaty with Russia, dividing Europe into two hostile alliance systems (meanie -3-)

Question 18

Which countries made up the Triple Alliance?

Answer 18

Germany, Austria-Hungary(joined 1879), and Italy (joined 1882)

Question 19

Which countries made up the Triple Entente?

Answer 19

Britain, France, and Russia (France and Russia joined together 1894)

Question 20

What was an assembly line?

Answer 20

a manufacturing method that allowed much more efficient mass production of goods

Question 21

Who were revisionists?

Answer 21

People who rejected the revolutionary approach and believed that workers must continue to organize mass political parties (and possibly work with other parties) to reform
They could achieve their goals by working in the democratic system to reach socialism
In short, do politics -> get change

Question 22

What was ministerial responsibility?

Answer 22

the idea that the prime minister is responsible to the popularly elected legislative body and not to the king or president
(Buttttt he has to listen and carry out the kaiser’s order so 1 out of 5 stars, terrible job)

Question 23

What was modernism?

Answer 23

An art movement that rejected the ideas of the Renaissance

Question 24

What was important about Marie Curie?

Answer 24

discovered radium (and she was French)

Question 25

What was important about Einstein?

Answer 25

(German) developed the theory of relativity (Matter=energy)

Question 26

What was important about Sigmund Freud?

Answer 26

(Vienna) developed the theory of human nature: human experience determined by past experience
Developed pschyoanalysis

Question 27

What was psychoanalysis?

Answer 27

Therapy that helped bring back repress thoughts and memories