Unit 7 Flashcards
The abolition of _____ in Russia led to an increased amount of unrest between the lower and upper class.
Serfdom
This person described religion as a drug which numbed the working class to their oppression.
Karl Marx
This scientist advanced the idea that all living things were the result of biological evolution.
Charles Darwin
This scientist and others’ discoveries contributed to the mounting questions regarding reality.
Marie Curie
Which Prussian ruler provoked the Franco-Prussian war and brought about the unification of the German states?
Otto Von Bismarck
This person invented the telephone.
Alexander Bell
The end of the U.S. Civil War brought about an increased sense of _____ to the country.
nationalism
Which nineteenth century scientist is considered the father of modern psychology?
Sigmund Freud
This type of government was established in France after the overthrow of Napoleon III.
Republic
Which nineteenth century invention needed electricity to work?
Telegraph
In Marxism, what social group is considered the bourgeoisie?
Middle class
Slavery was important during the Industrial Revolution for the production of what?
Cotton
The _____ demand for independence from Austrian rule resulted in a dual monarchy.
Hungarian
The _____ increased the power and involvement of the federal government in U.S. foreign affairs.
Monroe Doctrine
Marxism blamed the bourgeoisie for the oppression of the ____?
Proletariat
The unification of Italy was inspired by _____?
the spirit of nationalism
Impressionists depicted reality subjectively. Their characteristics included …?
subject matter, light, movement
This was essential to the invention of the automobile?
internal combustion engine
Steel was used during the Second Industrial Revolution because it proved to be _____?
lighter and stronger than iron alone
The Crimean War was fought over the control of the territory between _____?
Russia and the Ottoman Empire
What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
To re-establish that which Napoleon’s Empire had destroyed
The “scramble” for lands in Africa and Asia were prompted by increasing needs for raw materials and new markets brought about by the _____?
Industrial Revolution
