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Cianci-McKinney
Jewish Emancipation, Labor, Socialism and Politics to WWI
Question | Answer |
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Habsburg Jews gained Christian rights when? | 1782 |
Jews were accepted as French citizens when? | 1789 |
Examples of Jewish discrimination: | Conditional rights Discriminatory taxes Unable to own land |
Pogroms | Russian-approved riots against Jews |
Jewish political associations: | Took part in Parliaments and cabinets outside of Russia. Mostly Liberals, some Socialist |
Anti-Semitics were first heard around the: | 1870s. Pronounced in Germany and France 1880s |
Effects of Industrial expansion: | Decline of Artisans Increase of wage earners and workers End of rioting- post-1848 |
Union legality | Fully legal in Britain 1871, France 1875, Germany 1890 |
Worker's union goals: | Improvements for wages and working conditions. Worked as a collective unit |
Effects of democracy | Politicians had to listen to workers, workers could voice problems in government, provided socialist opportunities |
Socialism vs Nationalism | Socialism united classes, not nationalities. Nationalism won because of its emotional appeal |
First International | founded 1864 by French and British trade unionists. Comprised of radical groups. Gathered statistics and informed workers Suppressed by French authority by Paris Commune. Dissolved 1876 |
Fabianism | Founded 1884. Most influential British socialist party. Believed in democratic, peaceful and gradual reform. |
Jean Jaures | French socialist. Wanted to cooperate with radical workers to ensure the enactment of social legislation. |
Jules Guesde | French socialist. Should not support a cabinet that they wanted to overthrow |
German Social Democratic Party | SPD. Founded 1875. Wanted workers to participate in politics. Divided between reform or revolution. |
How did Bismarck draw people away from socialism? | He enacted social welfare legislation. 1883- Health insurance 1884- Accident insurance |
Eduard Bernstein | British socialist. Questioned and criticized the Marxist beliefs of capitalist decline etc. |
Revisionism | Socialist idea created by Bernstein. The concept of social reform through democracy instead of revolution |
Why was revisionism condemned in Germany? | Social democracy may have been possible in Britain, but Germany was too militaristic and authoritative |
Russian Industrialization | Tzar Alexander III and Nicholas II believed it would make Russia powerful again. Led by Count Sergei Witte |
Industrial advancements | Railway system grew 1890-1904 Coal output tripled Pig-iron and steel production increased Textile and factory system expanded |
Difference in Russian socialists | Socialist accomplishments elsewhere had no meaning in Russia, as it had a small working class and no representative institutions. Russian socialists were revolutionary. Had to function in exile due to repressive policies |
Lenin | Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. disciple of the leading Russian Marxist. Spent extensive time studying Social democracy in Switzerland. |
Effect of Bloody Sunday | Rumors and deaths caused by a petitioning group led to the loss of trust for the tzar. Caused an increase of revolutionary activity for the next ten months. |
Soviets | Worker groups who originally striked in Saint Petersburg and dominated the city |