Modernism
Inventors/Innovators
Mass Society
Leaders
Marx
100

New form of art developed by Picasso with geometric designs.

What was Cubism?

100

Because of Morse's telegraph this Italian inventor had a new device for atmospheric communication called the wireless.

Who was Marconi?

100

Working class people held these position because of manual labor or working in the factories.

What was blue-collar jobs?

100

He ruled Austro-Hungarian Empire under the system known as the Dual Monarchy.

Who was Francis Joseph?

100

Marx and Engels co-authored this important book after the 1848 Revolutions.

What was the Communist Manifesto?

200

Herbert Spencer championed this concept to explain the inequities of capitalism in 19th century Britain. Connected with Social Darwinism.

What was Survival of the Fittest?

200

He utilized the assembly-line method and interchangeable parts in revolutionizing automobile production with the Model T.

Who was Henry Ford?
200

Victorian ideal of women relegated to marriage and childbearing.

What was called the Cult of Domesticity?

200

Succeeding his father Czar Alexander III he reluctantly accepted the October Manifesto after the 1905 Revolution began.

Who was Nicholas II?

200

Under Marx's theory this working class was oppressed by the ruling Bourgeoisie class.

Who were the proletariat?

300

Hertzl's movement began after the Russian pogroms against the Jews and the infamous Dreyfus case.

What was Zionism?

300

Thomas Edison was credited for inventing the 20th century because of his new devices like the light bulb and synthetic rubber.  His magical talent earned him this title.

Who was the Wizard of Menlo Park?

300

British nurse the became a pioneer in her profession during the Crimean War.

Who was Florence Nightingale?

300

German Kaiser assumed more power after dismissing Bismarck as chancellor and his foreign policy created two major pre-war alliances.

Who was Kaiser William II?

300

This was central to Marx's view of history between those who had power and control over resources and those who did not.

What was called class warfare?

400

Van Gogh's "Starry Night" painting illustrated the new movement of later 19th century art.

What was Impressionism?

400

The Wright Brothers tested their motorized glider at Kitty Hawk, NC and gave rise to this new industry.

What was the aerospace industry?

400

As part of urban reforms cities sought better freshwater management to prevent this illness.

What was cholera?

400

She championed women's suffrage in Britain.  Her organization was called the Women's Social and Political Union.

Who was Emmeline Pankhurst?

400

Style of socialism whereby an elected government engages in central planning and ownership of the means of production.

What is democratic socialism?

500

German physicist connected with the development of the Theory of Relativity leading to atomic power.

Who was Einstein?

500

Bell's invented this device as new way to communicate with the deaf.

What was the telephone?

500

1848 at Seneca Falls, NY this important document became the cornerstone for feminism stating that "all men and women are created equal."

What was the Declaration of Sentiments?

500

Educational leader that led the Common School Movement during American Industrialization.

Who was Horace Mann?

500

Following Marx's ideals this political party became very dominant in German parliamentary elections in 1912.

What was the German Social Democratic Party or the SPD?