Exam 14: Modern Industry and Mass Politics, 1870-1914

How were the theories of Darwinism applied to political objectives?

The second half of the nineteenth century saw an increase in literacy in Europe to about:

By the early twentieth century,many European socialists were beginning to doubt some of the core assumptions of Marxist doctrine.In Germany,these "revisionists" were led by:

European liberal politics of the mid-nineteenth century relied for its power on:

By 1914,the largest overseas buyer of food commodities was:

After the turn of the twentieth century,futurist artists sought out a response to "end-of-century" malaise by looking:

Technological advances in Europe,matched by advances in medicine and agriculture,brought about a period of renewed growth in the nineteenth century known as the:

The tragedy of "Bloody Sunday" was in part caused by Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905.

Which political party became the model Marxist party in the late nineteenth century?

The second industrial revolution created a strong demand for technical expertise,which meant that university degrees became more important than on-the-job apprenticeships.

As a result of the 1905 revolution,Tsar Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto,which:

All are correct statements except:

Bismarck enacted several social reforms including sickness insurance because:

Evolutionary theories had existed from the time of the ancient Greeks,but the first modern theory of evolution was developed by:

Lenin regarded revolution as the only answer to Russia's problems.

The first technological innovation of the second industrial revolution was with:

The Third Republic in France was shaken in 1894 by the "Dreyfus Affair" that saw the rise of _________ in French society.

Results of the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878),included all except:

The Third Republic of France was created after the fall of the Second Republic during the French-Iberian War.

Philosopher of the nineteenth century who categorically denied the possibility of knowing truth or reality,because all knowledge comes filtered through linguistics,scientific or artistic systems of representation: