The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 21: Modern Life and the Culture of Progress

Essay Quiz

1
Considering the material in this chapter and in Chapter 17 (which focused on the industrial revolution), why do you think industrialization so quickly doomed traditional society in the West?
2
How did the second industrial revolution lead to changes in the way that business worked?
3
Did the second industrial revolution make life better for Westerners? For whom? What gains came with this revolution?
4
How did cities change during the second half of the nineteenth century? Consider physical, social, and cultural aspects of cities in this period. How did different classes fit into the new urban landscape?
5
How did the lives, private and public, of working-class women and middle-class women compare in the second half of the nineteenth century?
6
How were the differences between the middle and working classes reflected in their leisure activities?
7
How did middle-class values about the home and family life reflect middle-class economic and social realities? How did middle-class values and economic and social realities compare to those of the working class?
8
What impact did Darwin's theory of evolution have on the way humans viewed themselves and the world?
9
How did Albert Einstein's work in physics expose the uncertainty humans were beginning to feel about their ability to understand the material world? What developments paralleled this uncertainty in the social sciences and arts?
10
Do you think "the Culture of Progress," in the chapter title, is an apt description of Western culture during this period? Why or why not?
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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