Mass Society and Democracy Study Guide Flashcards
Problems associated with rapid urbanization included
Substandard housing and poor sanitation
Middle class people in nineteenth-century Europe believed that
Hard work and proper ettiquette were most important
With the growing popularity of photography, artists in the 1900s
Abandonded visual reality in favor of individual expression
What was the result of Germana emperor Willian II’s aggressive foreign policy?
Division of Europe into two hostile alliances
In the Unites States, the Second Industrial Revolution produced wealth that was
Concentrated in the hands of the few
The implementation of ministerial responsibility in Western European governments was a sign that
Democracy was expanding
Sigmund Freud claimed that human behavior was ruled by
Repressed childhood experiences
The alliance between Great Britain, Russia, and France was known as the
Triple Entente
In the nineteenth century, people’s lives became more clearly divided into periods of work and leisure as a result of
Industrialization
In the Second Industrial Revolution, what innovations opened up new industrial frontiers?
Steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum
Marxists who rejected the revolutionary approach
Revisionists
Person who states that space and time are relative to the observer
Albert Einstein
Person who discovered the first radioactive element
Marie Curie
Theory used to justify the dominance of Western nations
Social Darwinism
Theory that buildings should be usefil rather than ornamental
Functionalism
