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