Chapter 25 ap euro
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
The experimental work of early 20TH physicists challenged and ultimately invalidated
Newton's rational, mechanical conception of the universe.
Who said, "All this colonial business is a sham, but we need it for the elections."
Otto von Bismarck
The primary antagonists in the Balkans region were
Serbs and Austrians.
The Boer War was fought by the British in
South Africa
Which of the following art movements was NOT prominent in the three decades prior to World War I?
Surrealism
The Pan-German League advocated
anti-liberal policies including the development of a global German colonial empire to unite all classes of citizens at home.
Social Darwinism was
applying the ideas of Darwin to society
In his encyclical De Rerum Novarum (1891), Pope Leo XIII
asserted that much in socialism was Christian in principle.
The Meiji Restoration in Japan
b and d
At its premier, Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, now considered as a classic example of modernism in music and ballet,
caused a riot by the audience because of its sharp dissonance and blatant sensuality.
The Bismarckian System had the ultimate result of
dividing Europe into two opposing groups of nations making war more likely.
Britain's Fabian Socialists
favored evolution toward a socialist state by democratic means.
Which of the following can be attributed to William Booth?
founding the Salvation Army
Which of the following Progressive-era laws went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's tenure as president in the United States?
graduated federal income tax
British rule brought all of the following to India in the late 19TH century EXCEPT
political democracy.
The higher criticism of the Bible championed by the French Catholic scholar Ernst Renan
questioned the historical accuracy of the Bible and denied the divinity of Jesus.
In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the process that drives unwanted thoughts into the unconscious is known a
repression
Russia's disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese War indirectly led to the
the Revolution of 1905.
Growing tensions in modern German society were exemplified by
the proliferation of ultra-nationalist right-wing political groups with anti-Semitic, racist, and imperialist beliefs.
In 1905, who published "The Electro-Dynamics of Moving Bodies
Einstein
The best example of naturalistic literature can be found in the novels of
Emile Zola
Which of the following was NOT a pioneer in the field of nursing?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Explaining his use of naturalism in his novels and his depiction of characters, Emile Zola said
"I have simply done on living bodies the work of analysis which surgeons perform on corpses."
Which revolutionary leader helped overthrow the Manchu dynasty of China in 1912?
Chiang Kai-shek.
The "open door" policy was to allow more freedom of trade in so-called spheres of influence in
China
Nietzsche worried that
Christianity had enfeebled Western society.
The event which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late nineteenth century was the
Dreyfus affair.
In general, by the late nineteenth century, the worst treatment of the Jews occurred in
Eastern Europe.
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.
Camille Pissarro should be associated with
Impressionism
Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement
advocated the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
Using Darwin's terminology, Herbert Spencer argued that
human societies were organism evolving through time by struggling with their environments
The greatest difference between naturalism and realism in literature was
in general, naturalism was more pessimistic than realism
In Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899),Houston Stewart Chamberlain predicted that Germany was destined to
lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe
In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the superego is the center of our
moral conscience
Among the notable achievements of the British Liberals under Lloyd George was
passage of the National Insurance Act of 1911 providing sickness and unemployment benefits to workers.
Marie Curie won two Nobel prizes for her achievements in
physics and chemistry.
Maria Montessori exemplifies the "new woman" of modern times in that
she obtained a professional degree and applied her expertise to new fields of inquiry like early childhood development.
The quantum theory of energy developed by Max Planck raised fundamental questions about the
subatomic realm of the atom and the basic building blocks of the material world
The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was
teaching.
By the late nineteenth century, which of the following groups had emerged as labor's dominant voice in the United States?
the American Federation of Labor.
Modernism in music included all of the following elements EXCEPT
the exclusive use of extremely regular rhythms
Ernst Renan questioned
the historical accuracy of the Bible.
The basis of the Bismarckian System was
the isolation of France through a series of military alliances.
Which of the following was NOT an argument to justify imperialism at the turn of 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 male politicians with eggs.
During the 19TH century, Jews
were emancipated in most countries, but still faced restrictions
