AP Euro Unit V

* 34. How did the electric streetcar affect the urban environment?

Cities could expand as even people of modest means could travel quickly and cheaply to new, improved, and less congested housing.

* 25. Why was the Frankfurt Parliament in 1849 unable to create a "Greater Germany"?

Determined to maintain its empire, Austria would not agree to a Greater Germany that separated German-speaking lands from non-German territories in the empire.

* 33. What was the breakthrough implication of Louis Pasteur's work?

Diseases were caused by specific living organisms that could be controlled

* 32. What was a central component of the improvements in sanitation in the 19th century?

Excrement from outhouses could be carried off by water through sewers at low cost

* 31. Which of the following characterizes early 19th century British cities?

Nearly all land was used for buildings, which meant parks or open areas were almost nonexistent.

* 48. What was the Second Industrial Revolution?

The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth towards the end of the 19th century.

* 45. What is the core concept of Social Darwinism?

The human race was driven by an unending economic struggle that would determine the survival of the fittest.

* 36. How did the expansion of the Industrial Revolution affect the work life of the middle class?

The middle class established a range of new professions, which required specialized knowledge & advanced education

* 14. What was one of Karl Marx's most important criticisms of the French Utopian socialists?

Their utopian schemes weren't realistic

* 49. What set white-collar workers apart from other elements of the lower middle class?

They were fiercely committed to the middle-class ideal of upward social mobility.

* 9. The Romantic movement was characterized by

a belief in emotional exuberance and unrestrained imagination

* 43. After years of scientific investigation and reflection, Charles Darwin concluded that

all life had gradually evolved from a common ancestral origin

* 15. Karl Marx argued socialism would be established

by violent revolution

* 40. As a result of the idea of separate spheres, middle-class married women who sought to work outside the home

found that they couldn't gain well paying jobs, and their wages were less than mens for the same work

* 19. What was the driving force in history according to Marx in the 19th century?

the economic relationship between classes

* 16. According to the doctrine of laissez faire, the govt. should intervene in

the economy as little as possible

* 4. At the Congress of Vienna, the victorious allies

were guided by the principle of the balance of power

* 8. Why did Klemens von Metternich, as Austrian foreign minister, have to oppose the spread of nationalism in Europe?

Austria was a multi-ethnic empire, and the spread of nationalism among its different ethnic groups threatened to dissolve the empire