AP World Unit Nine Flashcards
Steam engine
Almost limitless source of Power, great breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution
British textile industry
Site of technological breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution which transformed cotton textile production
Middle class society
British social stratum composed of small businessmen, doctors, lawyers, ect
Ideology of domesticity
Ideas and values of middle class women on homemaking, patenting, and charitable endeavors
Karl Marx
Expatriate of England who advocated for the working class
Labour Party
British working class political part established in 1890s to transition to socialism
Socialism in the US
Minor political movement in the US
Progressives
Follower of American progressivism around 1900, advocated for reform measures of wages and hours of industrialization
Russian revolution of 1905
Spontaneous revolution that erupted after the country’s defeat in the hands of Japan, forced gov to reform
Cauduillos
Military strongmen who seized control of a government in Latin America
Latin American export boom
Large increase in LA exports to industrializing countries due to major improvements to shipping
Mexican revolution
War where Mexican reformers in the middle class joined with peasants to overthrow dictator
Dependent development
Latin America economic growth in the 19th century, dependent on European North American prosperity