Vocabulary
A woman who, from the 1880s on, dressed practically, moved about freely, and often supported herself.
Who is The New Woman?
An author and playwright that was convicted of indecency in the Spring of 1895.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
Industrialization + urbanization (machines can now do agricultural work)
Birth control in the upper classes → leads to anxiety over gender roles
What are the causes of falling birthrates despite population growth in Europe?
The rise of these ideologies represents struggle against adopting liberal values.
What is the rise of militant nationalism and anti-Semitism?
This group advocated for use of direct action, general strikes, and sabotage.
Who are Syndicalists?
A gloomy era for Europe, though they are prosperous.
What is Fin de Siecle?
The creator of the Bolshevik party.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
These three countries form the Triple Alliance.
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy?
This causes anxiety over gender roles.
The victim and the murderer that led to Austria-Hungary declaring war against Serbia. (Both names needed)
A term used to describe the faster pace of life, rise of mass politics, and decline of rural social order; applies to art, music, science, and philosophy.
What is Modernity?
The German leader that aspired for German world power achieved through "friendly" conquests.
The rise of this motivates fear of terrorist attacks against heads of state.
What is anarchism?
The rise of this and the area of interest for scientists around this time.
What are criminology and questions of the mind?
The Tsar and the representative body he created.
Who are Nicholas II and the Duma?
A set of ideas about the importance of producing "superior" people through selective breeding and of preventing the disabled and others deemed inferior from polluting one’s nation or race.
What are Eugenics?
This Russian Prime Minister was determined to eliminate sources of discontent.
Who is Pyotr Stolypin?
This is the cultural revival in Ireland + advent of Sinn Fein (1905).
What is the Irish question?
This reform intended to give women greater agency in the hopes they would produce more children.
What is Marriage Reform?
This group advocated for a restoration of traditional gender roles.
Who are Social Darwinists?
The goal of creating a Jewish nation state for European Jews.
What is Zionism?
The founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union.
Who is Emmeline Pankhurst?
This is the alternative name for the Revolution of 1905 in Russia.
What is "Bloody Sunday"?
These are the gloomy prospects causing the Fin de Siecle.
What are
Family, gender/sexuality
Empire
Religion
Consequences of technology?
This person directed a raid into the Transvaal to begin conflict among Boers and British settlers in South Africa.
Who is Cecil Rhodes?