Chapter 21 Flashcards
(29 cards)
The Revolutions of 1848 brought to the surface the profound tensions within a European society in transition toward
Industrialization and Urbanization
For Germans, the goal of _______________ took precedence over social reform or constitutional changes
Unification
In France’s first presidential election
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
The New French Republican government immediately issued several reforms:
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
1 million died of starvation or disease. Another 2 million immigrated to England, Canada, and the United States
Ireland
The Revolutions of 1848
Food shortage, overpopulation, and unemployment
Without _______________ morality is now more fluid
Absolutes of Christianity
Theory wholeheartedly embraced it as undisputed fact by
The academic elite
Darwin’s theories primarily applies to
Plants and animals
Primary Mechanism of evolution
Natural Selection
Charles Darwin English Naturalist __________________ In 1859
On the Origin of Species
Marx and Engels envisioned workers
Taking over the means of production and the eventual development of a communist state
Karl Marx central argument
Class Struggle
In 1848 ____________________ publish that communist manifesto (Blank and Blank)
Karl Marx and Freiderich Engels
An ideology that advocates for the elimination/abolition of private property in favor of communal ownership
Communism
Socialism
Social, political, and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources essential to society
People derive their identities from their nations, the most potent of all new ideologies
Nationalism
A coherent set of beliefs about the way the social and political order should be organized
Ideology
Reformers depicted the lower class as
Drunken, disorderly, and dangerously lacking in sexual self-control
Charles Dickens books reflect the difficult times (blank and blank)
Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol
In the 1830’s cities half the population depended on _______________ to make ends meet (Blank, blank or blank)
Public welfare, charity, or criminality
Because people did not understand the causes of cholera and typhus epidemics
Authorities in most European countries set up public health agencies to coordinate and study sanitation conditions in cities
Urbanization
The growth of towns and cities due to the movement of people from rural to urban areas
Labor Union goals will always be:
Standard work week, A decent wage, Safe and sanitary working conditions