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inquiry into the disintegrative processes within atoms became a central theme in the new physics in part due to the experimental work of

Marie and Pierre Curie on radium and radiation

Which revolutionary leader helped overthrow the Manchu dynasty of China in 1912

San Yat-sen

the Boer war was fought by the British in

South Africa

the Pan-German League advocated

anti-liberal policies including the development of a global German colonies empire to unite all classes of citizens at home

Modernism in music did not include

folk music

in Freuds theory of psychoanalysis, the process that drives unwanted thoughts into the unconscious is known as

repression

growing tensions in modern German society were exemplified by

the proliferation of ultra nationalist right winged political groups with anti-Sematic, racist, and imperialist beliefs

British rule brought all of the following to India in the late 19th century expect

political democracy

Germany entered the ranks of the imperialist powers by establishing African colonies including

Algeria

the "open door" policy was to allow more freedom of trade in so called spheres of influence in

China

the event in which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late 19th century was the

Dreyfus affair

the author whose work emphasizes suffering and faith as the means for the human soul to be purified was

Fyodor Dostoevsky

the Triple Alliance before 1914 included which of the following countries

Germany, Austria, Italy

the Triple Entente before 1914 included which of the following countries

Great Britain, France, Russia

in order to implement the Liberal Party's social reform program, David Lloyd George radically curtailed the power of the

House of Lords

in Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, Houston Stewart Chamberlain predicted that Germany was destined to

lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe

Maria Montessori exemplifies the "new women" of the modern times in that she

obtained a professional degree and applied her expertise to new fields of inquiry like early childhood development

the October Manifesto of Nicholas II

the murder of his advisor Peter Stolypin by the secret police

what is not an argument to justify imperialism at the turn on the century

to lessen the burden of excess European population, especially criminals and other "undesirables"

to advance the cause of women's suffrage, the Women's Social and Political Union founded by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters

took a radical, public, and well publicized approach to the movement, employing different media and provocative public actions, like pelting males with eggs

during the 19th century Jews

were emancipated in most countries, but still faced restrictions