Chapter 15: The Building of European Supremacy: Society and Politics to World War I

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Learning Objectives:

1. Why were so many Europeans on the move in the late 19th-Century?

2. How did the 2nd Industrial Revolution transform European life?

3. What explains the prominence of the middle class in late 19th-Century Europe?

4. What forces shaped the development of European cities?

5. What was life like for women in the late 19th-Century?

6. How did Jewish life in Europe change in the late 19th-Century?

7. What role did the socialist and labor movements play in late 19th-Century politics?

Chapter Outline:

1. Population trends and migration

2. The 2nd Industrial Revolution

III. The middle classes in ascendency

1. Late-19th century urban life

2. Varieties of late-19th century women’s experiences

3. Jewish emancipation

VII. Labor, Socialism, and politics to WWI

VIII. In perspective