WHMT 13.2

How did the percentage of urban dwellers change in England, France, & Prussia from 1850s-1890?

• The percentage increased in all (urbanization)
• The percentage decreased in all
• England's percentage of urban dwellers increased, but not France or Prussia

What two things were essential to the public health of the modern European city?

• Clean water & expel sewage
• A pro sports team & public parks
• Strong businesses & tall skyscrapers
• Big banks & low wages

The wealthy elite made up _____% of the population but controlled ___________% of the wealth.

• 5%... 30-40%
• 25%... 10%
• 1%... 99%

What did the middle classes believe about hard work?

• Open to all & guaranteed positive results
• Only brought misery & hardship
• Made the rich richer & the poor poorer

What social class made up 80% of the European population?

• Working class (proletariat)
• Entrepreneurs (bourgeoisie)
• Middle class
• Nobility

What new & good things resulted for urban workers because of reforms after 1870?

• Rise in wages, shorter workday, weekends off
• Longer working hours, no overtime pay
• Public parks & shopping malls
• Movie theaters & cheap tickets

What was the legal status of women in 1800?

• Inferior to men
• Equal to men
• Superior to men

What caused the decline in the birthrate throughout the 1800s?  

• Improved economic conditions & birth control
• Better medicine & earlier marriages
• Farming families needed many little hands to help with chores

What ideal was fostered by the middle class during the 1800s?

• "Togetherness"
• "True love"
• "King & country"
• "8 hours work, 8 hours rest, 8 hours as we please"

What term means “the movement for women’s rights”?

• Feminism
• Socialism
• Industrialization