Echos Of Revolution (1750-1900)

Question 1

What is nationalism?

Answer 1

• Identification as a group (nation) based on common cultural characteristics like language, traditions, and ethnicity

Question 2

Prior to the 1800s what were nations and groups based on?

Answer 2

A local village, clan, or feudal loyalty

Question 3

What two major European states formed as new nation-states by 1871?

Answer 3

Germany and Italy

Question 4

Where did nationalism begin before it quickly spread to the rest of the world?

Answer 4

Europe

Question 5

What were the 4 major causes of the abolition of slavery?

Answer 5

• Moral opposition by Protestants ( and eventually Catholics)
• Industrial & capitalist societies made it undesirable and unnecessary
• Haitian Revolution (1804)
• British led the way

Question 6

What were the 6 effects of the abolition of slavery?

Answer 6

• Resistence to abolition in many places
• Social & economic status of freed slaves generally did not improve
• Many slaves did not return to plantations so indentured servants replaced them
• Russian serfs gain freedom in 1861
• Increase in slavery in Africa
• Slavery persisted in the Islamic World until 20th century

Question 7

What are some examples of resistance to the abolition of slavery?

Answer 7

• US Civil War
• Brazil & Cuba last American States to abolish slavery

Question 8

Name 2 ways the social and economic status of freed slaves generally did not improve & one exception.

Answer 8

• Little/no land redistribution
• Few political rights ( ex. Jim Crow laws in US)
• Haiti exception

Question 9

What led to the eventual end of slavery in the Islamic world in the 20th century?

Answer 9

• Some internal opposition by Muslims
• Ended by international pressure

Question 10

Which was the main product of the Enlightenment that impacted phase 1 of feminism?

Answer 10

• Mary Wollstonecraft & the “Vindication of the Rights of the Women”

Question 11

What did European and American women get involved in during the first stage of feminism?

Answer 11

Revolutions and Political Organizations
These include charities, missionary work, temperance movements, and abolition

Question 12

What was the dominant feminist issue in the US and Western Europe in Phase 1 of feminism?

Answer 12

Women’s Suffrage (Only for white women)

Question 13

What are the 7 other main Feminist Issues in Phase 1 other than women’s suffrage?

Answer 13

• Equal education rights
• Property Ownership
• Right to divorce
• Birth control access
• Challenging stereotypical “male” & “female” professions
• Challenging traditional ideas of “motherhood”

Question 14

What was a political or social effect of the creation of nation-states in the 1700-1800s?

Answer 14

Widens the division between rival states

Question 15

What forced labor system replaced chattel slavery in the 19th century?

Answer 15

Indentured Servitude

Question 16

Where did most indentured servants in the 19th century travel from?

Answer 16

India and China

Question 17

What work did Indentured Servants do in the 19th century?

Answer 17

• They worked on cash-crop plantations in the Americas
• Worked building infrastructure in the US & European colonies