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1. The turn-of-the-century was also known as the
because it was a period of unusual peace and prosperity.
2. Bismarck expected all Germans to accept the primacy of the state, not to the
, which led him to a battle with the Catholic Church known as the Kulturkampf (cul-tour΄-camph, the struggle of cultures.)
3. Kaiser William II decided in 1890 to retire the chancellor Otto von Bismarck. This episode was known as
and reflected William’s intention to rule personally.
4. After the war of 1870 – 71 destroyed the French Second Empire and created the German Second Empire,
of France became the first republic in European history to last long enough to offer a viable alternative to monarchy.
5. French anti-Semitism produced the most dramatic human rights battle of the nineteenth century known as the
.
6. Theodor Herzl concluded that Jews must found a Jewish State outside of Europe and he started a movement called
to achieve this.
7.
was one of the greatest figures of nineteenth-century liberalism and served four terms as prime minister of Britain, beginning with his "great ministry" (1868 – 74) and ending with a cabinet in his eighties (1892 – 94).
8. The greatest stimulus to the second industrial revolution came from new materials, new energy, and new industries.
became the symbol of the new industrialization.
9. The family wage economy refers to the model in which
provided less home labor and more wage-earning labor.
10.
was an English naturalist who developed the theory of evolution.
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