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2nd Industrial Revolution Flashcards

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Patenter or the light bulb

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Thomas Edison

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patenter of telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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sent far-reaching radio waves

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Guglielmo Marconi

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Used in ocean-liners and cars (type of engine)

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Internal Combustion Engine

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Method that increased production, in which each person has a specific job in making a product

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Assembly line

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Eastern European economy

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Agricultural and poor

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Western European economy

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Rich and Industrialized

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This continent dominated trade during the Industrial Revolution

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Europe

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In which government does NOT interfere with factories, entrepreneurship, etc.

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Capitalism

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In which government does interfere with factories, entrepreneurship, etc. There is one equal social class

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Communism/ Socialism

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Formed by workers for better working conditions and pay

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Trade Unions

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Written by Karl Marx, described how capitalism destroys society

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The Communist Manifesto

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Bourgeoisie

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Upper Class

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Proletariat

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Lower Class

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15
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Revisionists

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wanted peaceful political change

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16
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Government intervention in cities

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  • running water
  • sewage systems
  • heating
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Government intervention in the workplace

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checked for health hazards

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Jobs such as typists, secretaries, sales clerks, teachers, and phone operators were given to (women, men)

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women

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Family size (increased, decreased) during the 2nd Industrial Revolution

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Decreased

20
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Why did family sizes change during the Industrial Revolution?

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Easy access to birth control, and better economic conditions

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Belief that all genders are equal. Specifically in Europe, emphasis was placed on getting women the right to own property and divorce

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Feminism

22
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Women fighting for the right to vote

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Women’s suffrage

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Ability to read and write

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Literacy

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Leisure time (increased, decreased) during the 2nd Industrial Revolution

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increased

25
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What people did in their leisure time during the 2nd Industrial Revolution

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Reading
Dancing
Sports
Amusement Parks

26
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Name 3 British Social Reforms

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Unemployment Benefits
Old Age Pensions
More Voting Rights

27
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The two places democracy worked in Europe

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Great Britain, Hungary

28
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Spanish-American War

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1898 conflict between Spain and US. Result of US intervention in Cuban Independence War. US won

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

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Triple Entente

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GB, France, Russia

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Philosophical movement that arose from widescale transformations on western society

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Modernism

32
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Mental states are identified by what they do rather than what they are made of

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Functionalism

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Applied biological concepts or natural selection to people, gave illusion to a “superior race”

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Social Darwinism

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Hostility to Jews

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Anti-semitism

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Jewish nationalist movement, supported giving Jews their own state of Palestine

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Zionism

36
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Albert Einstein

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German scientist/mathemetician

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Wrote The Communist Manifesto

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Karl Marx

38
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pioneer of female nursing

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Florence Nightingale

39
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Leader of women’s suffrage movement

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Emmeline Pankhurst

40
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Emperor of Austria who resisted constitutionalism

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Francis Joseph

41
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fired Otto von Bismarck

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William II

42
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Pablo Picasso

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bold artist

43
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Sigmund Freud

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says human behavior is determined by past experiences and forces we’re unaware of.

44
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Smaller, lighter, faster version of iron

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Steel

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