Chapter 21 Flashcards

(29 cards)

1
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The Revolutions of 1848 brought to the surface the profound tensions within a European society in transition toward

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Industrialization and Urbanization

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For Germans, the goal of _______________ took precedence over social reform or constitutional changes

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Unification

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3
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In France’s first presidential election

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Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte

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4
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The New French Republican government immediately issued several reforms:

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First presidential election in French history, Universal male suffrage, Freedom of Press, Abolished slavery in the colonies, End to the death penalty for political crimes

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5
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1 million died of starvation or disease. Another 2 million immigrated to England, Canada, and the United States

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Ireland

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The Revolutions of 1848

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Food shortage, overpopulation, and unemployment

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7
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Without _______________ morality is now more fluid

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Absolutes of Christianity

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8
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Theory wholeheartedly embraced it as undisputed fact by

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The academic elite

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9
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Darwin’s theories primarily applies to

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Plants and animals

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10
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Primary Mechanism of evolution

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Natural Selection

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11
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Charles Darwin English Naturalist __________________ In 1859

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On the Origin of Species

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12
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Marx and Engels envisioned workers

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Taking over the means of production and the eventual development of a communist state

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13
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Karl Marx central argument

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Class Struggle

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14
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In 1848 ____________________ publish that communist manifesto (Blank and Blank)

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Karl Marx and Freiderich Engels

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15
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An ideology that advocates for the elimination/abolition of private property in favor of communal ownership

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Communism

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16
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Socialism

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Social, political, and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources essential to society

17
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People derive their identities from their nations, the most potent of all new ideologies

18
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A coherent set of beliefs about the way the social and political order should be organized

19
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Reformers depicted the lower class as

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Drunken, disorderly, and dangerously lacking in sexual self-control

20
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Charles Dickens books reflect the difficult times (blank and blank)

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Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol

21
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In the 1830’s cities half the population depended on _______________ to make ends meet (Blank, blank or blank)

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Public welfare, charity, or criminality

22
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Because people did not understand the causes of cholera and typhus epidemics

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Authorities in most European countries set up public health agencies to coordinate and study sanitation conditions in cities

23
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Urbanization

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The growth of towns and cities due to the movement of people from rural to urban areas

24
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Labor Union goals will always be:

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Standard work week, A decent wage, Safe and sanitary working conditions

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Working class referred to
Laborers in the new factories
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England became the first site of the industrial revolution for 3 key factors:
Necessary natural resources at home such as coal and iron, Access to raw materials, namely cotton, Private investment capital from overseas trade and commercial profits
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A Scottish engineer, developed an efficient steam engine in 1776
James Watt
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Led to the key inventions which drove the development of the industrial revolution
Textile industry
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Industrialization drove changes in:
The mass migration of laborers to the urban centers, Economic Ideologies, Emergence of a new working class of people, Labor Practices