propertied white men of the "middling classes"
Who were the chief beneficiaries of all of the Atlantic revolution, except Haiti?
serfdom and indentured servitude became cheaper and more efficient
Why was the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the 19th century?
social unrest from the lower classes getting out of control
What great fear drove the Latin American Creole elites to pursue independence and political change?
it created society from scratch
When compared to the American Revolution, what was a distinguishing characteristic of the French Revolution regarding liberties?
accelerate them
What did the American Revolution do to the established democratic tendencies of the colonial societies?
Haitian Revolution
Which Atlantic Revolution had the only successful slave revolt in world history?
the conquered accepted many of the reforms but revolted against French control
How were Napoleon's conquests and reforms of European lands received outside of France? Did they accept many of the reforms? Did they revolt against French control?
slave owners and whites were filled with fear and trepidation
Throughout the Atlantic world, how did slave owners and whites react to the Haitian Revolution?
divisions of class, race, and region
What was a reason why the Spanish American revolutions took longer and were more difficult than the North American Revolution?
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When did large number of working class women gain entrance to universities?
Okay.
In the most industrialized countries of the West, women's movements by the early 1900s had become a mass movement.
yes; however, middle-class women did not
As an experience of women in 19th century Britain, did working-class women usually leave outside paid employment after they were married?
generally better living conditions, labor unions
Why was the working-class movement less-overtly revolutionary than its Russian counterpart?
yes
Because of the Scientific Revolution, was Great Britain able to foster technological innovation and industrialize?
its unique features of European society, economy, or history
One explanation for Europe's Industrial Revolution:
unusually close alliances with the merchant class
What helped Europe to industrialize first?
conservatism of unions, religious, ethnic, and racial divisions , higher quality of life, cheaper land
What was a reason for the failure of Marxist socialism to take root in the US?
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Why was industrialization more state-directed in Russia than in Britain?
Russia
Where was the only violent social revolution leading to industrialization?
contact with many other civilizations
Why did Europe draw disproportionately on the world's resources?
...
Why was there only a very limited market for manufactured goods developed in Latin America?
Industrial Revolution
In the 19th century Europe, what led to technological innovations and a military advantage?
yes
Before the 19th C., were Asians and Africans seen as "heathens" because they weren't Christian?
it seriously damaged the environment; it damaged the traditional cultural heritage
In what areas was the Industrial Revolution seen as a failure?
extremely (20-30 million deaths)
How devastating was the Taiping conflict relative to other 19th C. conflicts in the world?
Western nations, Russia, and Japan
Which nations carved out "spheres of influence" in China by the end of the 19th C?
cautious; the took mild measures to adopt Western innovations
What was the attitude of many of China's Qing Dynasty leadership towards the modern, industrialized societies of the West?
sent ambassadors to study European methods; yes
In an effort modernize, what did the Ottoman Empire do with its ambassadors? Did China do this, too?
...a militantly secular Turkish national state.
The Young Turks advocated...
yes, or crueler
Regarding Japanese colonial policies in Taiwan and Korea, were the Japanese just as cruel toward their subjects as the Europeans were to theirs?
NO
Was there a long-range plan of the British government for taking control over India?
faced protracted, brutal warfare since they were decentralized and did not have strong rulers.
The small kingdoms and chiefdoms of West Africa...
they killed off most of the native populations
Why did Europeans become the vast majority of the population in New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii?
... covered a wide range from active resistance to accommodation.
The responses of most Asian and African societies to European conquests in the nineteenth century...
yes
Did the arrival of colonial rule change the working lives of colonial subjects by requiring that they devote at least some of their energies to working for wages or selling what they produced for case income?
by reinforcing the power of local rulers and thus earning their loyalty
How were such small numbers of Europeans able to govern such huge and populous territories?
yes
In areas where men worked far from home, did the women of impoverished families become heads of households?
by conveying some elements of Europe's modernizing process
How did European colonial rule transform its colonies?
the more white settlers in a colony, the more racial discrimination there was
What relationship existed between the number of white settlers and the degree of racial segregation and discrimination in African and Asian colonies?
... recognized differences among themselves but didn't clearly define them.
Before European colonialism, African peoples...
