Question 1

Discuss the relationship of the labor movement and the socialist movement in any two of the following countries: Britain,France,Germany,the United States.In which country was the cooperation between the two closest? Least? Why?

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Question 2

What were Lenin's specific arguments in his books,Two Tactics of Social Democracy in the Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution,and What Is to Be Done? Do you think that political revolutions need to be preceded by the establishment of an intellectual base?

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Question 3

By 1914 the leading industrial power in the world was

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By 1914, the United States had surpassed other countries to become the leading industrial power in the world, not listed among the options.

Question 4

Friedrich Nietzsche believed democracy and Christianity

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Friedrich Nietzsche believed that both democracy and Christianity encouraged mediocrity and restraint. He argued that democracy, with its emphasis on equality and the mediocrity of the masses, stifled the development of individual potential, and that Christianity, with its emphasis on humility and meekness, encouraged people to deny their own greatness and potential.

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By 1914 the leading industrial power in the world was

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Question 6

Why and how were Jews emancipated across Europe during the nineteenth century?

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Question 7

Discuss Freud's conception of the human psyche.How does Freud shatter the notion of a rational human mind? How is the mind organized? What kind of experiences shape the adult mind?

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Question 8

How and why did the middle class change in its political and social outlook by the end of the nineteenth century?

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Question 9

Some European authors believed that the source of white racial superiority was

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Some European authors, such as Arthur de Gobineau, believed that white racial superiority was derived from ancient Indian and Aryan civilization. Gobineau argued that the Aryans were the purest and highest form of the white race, and that they were responsible for the development of Western civilization.

Question 10

Although Freud believed that civilization required some repression of sexuality and aggression, he also believed that excessive repression could lead to

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Freud believed that excessive repression could lead to greater psychological stress and illness. He believed that repression could lead to an accumulation of unresolved conflicts and desires in the unconscious mind, which could then manifest as neurotic symptoms and behavior. Therefore, Freud advocated for a balance between repression and expression of sexual and aggressive impulses.

Question 11

How was Bismarck able to stop the ascendancy of socialism in Germany,in particular the SPD? Could Bismarck's approach have been successful in other countries?

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Question 12

Why did Europe have more global power between 1850 and 1914 than it had before or has had since?

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Question 13

What were the major changes in European thought at the end of the nineteenth century? How do these changes compare to the original ideas of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution? What events in the nineteenth century do you think best account for the changes in European intellectual thought?

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Question 14

Why did socialism not succeed in the United States? Which groups or what ideologies addressed the needs of workers? How did the United States government react to the plight of American workers?

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Question 15

What were the primary arguments made by Karl Marx? Why did Marxism become such a powerful ideological force across Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

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Question 16

What was the status of the industrial proletariat in 1860? Had it improved by 1914? What caused the growth in trade unions and organized mass political parties? How did Europe's socialist movement respond to these administrations?

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Question 17

Compare and contrast attitudes towards the Islamic world in 16th,18th,and 19th century Europe.What were the fundamental changes in the relationship between the Islamic world and the West during this period?

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Question 18

What was the status of women in the second half of the 19th century? Why did they grow discontented with their lot? To what extent had they improved their position by 1914? What tactics did they use? What were the primary causes of the political emancipation of women?

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Question 19

Compare and contrast the views of Sidney Webb,Eduard Bernstein,and V.I.Lenin.If you were a European worker during this period,in which country would you want to live? Why?

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Quiz 24: Northern Transatlantic Economy and Society, 1815-1914

Discuss the relationship of the labor movement and the socialist movement in any two of the following countries: Britain,France,Germany,the United States.In which country was the cooperation between the two closest? Least? Why?

What were Lenin's specific arguments in his books,Two Tactics of Social Democracy in the Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution,and What Is to Be Done? Do you think that political revolutions need to be preceded by the establishment of an intellectual base?

By 1914 the leading industrial power in the world was

Friedrich Nietzsche believed democracy and Christianity

By 1914 the leading industrial power in the world was

Why and how were Jews emancipated across Europe during the nineteenth century?

Discuss Freud's conception of the human psyche.How does Freud shatter the notion of a rational human mind? How is the mind organized? What kind of experiences shape the adult mind?

How and why did the middle class change in its political and social outlook by the end of the nineteenth century?

Some European authors believed that the source of white racial superiority was

Although Freud believed that civilization required some repression of sexuality and aggression, he also believed that excessive repression could lead to

How was Bismarck able to stop the ascendancy of socialism in Germany,in particular the SPD? Could Bismarck's approach have been successful in other countries?

Why did Europe have more global power between 1850 and 1914 than it had before or has had since?

Why did socialism not succeed in the United States? Which groups or what ideologies addressed the needs of workers? How did the United States government react to the plight of American workers?

What were the primary arguments made by Karl Marx? Why did Marxism become such a powerful ideological force across Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

What was the status of the industrial proletariat in 1860? Had it improved by 1914? What caused the growth in trade unions and organized mass political parties? How did Europe's socialist movement respond to these administrations?

Compare and contrast attitudes towards the Islamic world in 16th,18th,and 19th century Europe.What were the fundamental changes in the relationship between the Islamic world and the West during this period?

What was the status of women in the second half of the 19th century? Why did they grow discontented with their lot? To what extent had they improved their position by 1914? What tactics did they use? What were the primary causes of the political emancipation of women?

Compare and contrast the views of Sidney Webb,Eduard Bernstein,and V.I.Lenin.If you were a European worker during this period,in which country would you want to live? Why?