Chapter 18 Vocab Flashcards
Lower middle class
Social stratum that developed in Britain that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, ect.
Lenin
Pen name of Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Ulyanov
Karl Marx
Most influential proponent of socialism
Mexican Revolution
War in which Mexican reformers from middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator
Middle class values
Belief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain
Model T
The first automobile affordable enough for a mass market
Robert Owens
Socialist thinker and wealthy mill owner
Peter the great
Tsar of Russia who attempted a massive reform of Russian society
Populism
American political movement that denounced corporate interests
Progressivism
American political movement that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization
Proletariat
Term that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class
Russian revolution of 1905
Rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country’s defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905
Socialism in the US
Fairly minor political movement in the US
Steam engine
Mechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston
Bourgeoisie
Townspeople
British royal society
Association of scientists established in England
Caste war of yucatán
Long revolutionary struggle of the maya people of Mexico against European and mestizo intruders
Caudillo
A military strongman who seized control of a government in Latin America
Crimean war
Major international conflict in which British and French forces defeated Russia
Dependent development
Term used to describe Latin America’s economic growth
Profirio Díaz
Mexican dictator
The Duma
The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by tsar Nicholas ll
Indian cotton textiles
For much of the 18th century, well made and inexpensive cotton textiles from India flooded western markets
Labour Party
British working class political party established in the 1890’s and dedicated to reforms and peaceful transition to socialism
Latin America export boom
Large scale increase in Latin American exports
