Modern World Civilization

Handout Eleven

Topic: The Dawn of a New Era 

OUTLINE: 

XI. The Dawn of a New Era.

1. Introduction.
2. Politics.
3. Science, Technology, and Travel.
4. Social Upheavals.
5. The Plight of Women
6. Conclusions.

QUESTIONS: 

1. What impact did the unification of Germany have on Europe and the world?
2. Who was Otto von Bismarck? What part did he play in the unification of Germany?
3. The developed world was facing a crisis at the end of the nineteenth century.  Whywas Europe moving toward Armageddon? 
4. How did Science and technology alter popular perceptions in the late nineteenth century? Has Darwin, and the reliance on science, waned today?
5. It is possible to argue that European society was entering a crisis by century’s end. Why was that? What was happening to create a sense of fear and trepidation at that time?
6. What opportunities did women in both Europe and the United States have in the mid to late nineteenth century? How has the situation changed for women as a result of the pioneering work of assertive women?
7. Prostitution was known as "The Social Evil." Why did women go into that profession? What social forces were at work? How did reformers hope to end the problem of vice?
8. What was the Paris Commune? Why did it frighten the powerbrokers on both sides of the Atlantic in the late nineteenth century?

 TERMS:

 Charles Darwin

Margaret Sanger

Thomas Edison

Otto Von Bismarck

Napoleon III

William I

Sir Richard Burton

Suez Canal

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Franco-Prussian War

Lord Byron

Greek War

Paris Commune

The Social Evil

The Professor