AP European History Flashcards: Institutional Responses and Reform
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Why was the establishment of modern police forces a necessary response to industrialization?
Modern police forces were established to maintain public order in rapidly growing, overcrowded, and often chaotic industrial cities.
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Why was the establishment of modern police forces a necessary response to industrialization?
Modern police forces were established to maintain public order in rapidly growing, overcrowded, and often chaotic industrial cities.
What is compulsory public education?
Compulsory public education is a system mandated by the government requiring all children to attend school up to a certain age.
What fundamental shift occurred in liberalism in response to the challenges of industrialization?
Liberalism shifted from a laissez-faire (hands-off) approach to more interventionist economic and social policies to address problems created by industrialization.
What were the three primary goals reformers hoped to achieve through compulsory public education?
Reformers promoted compulsory public education to advance the goals of maintaining public order, fostering nationalism, and stimulating economic growth.
How did the goals of nationalism and economic growth connect to the push for public education?
Public education fostered nationalism by creating a shared culture and language, while it promoted economic growth by producing a more literate and skilled workforce for industry.
What major urban problems did institutional reforms aim to solve?
Institutional reforms aimed to solve problems of unhealthy and overcrowded cities, such as poor sanitation, inadequate housing, and crime.
What were 'interventionist policies' in the context of industrial reform?
Interventionist policies were actions taken by governments to directly regulate economic and social issues, such as public health and infrastructure, rather than leaving them to market forces.
Explain the connection between industrialization and the need for prison reform.
Rapid urbanization and social dislocation caused by industrialization led to increased crime, overwhelming old penal systems and creating a need for modern prison reform.
How did regulating public health represent a new role for government during the industrial era?
Regulating public health showed a shift towards government intervention, as institutions took responsibility for the well-being of citizens in response to unsanitary urban conditions.
Identify two types of infrastructure modernization used to reform unhealthy and overcrowded cities.
Cities were reformed through the modernization of infrastructure, including the creation of new sewage/water systems and the construction of public housing.