history final Flashcards
agricultural revolution
-increase in agricultural production
-new technology, selective breeding, etc. made farming/ feeding people easier and faster
enclosure movement
-landowners closed off their estates
-lords wanted commoners off their land
-bought land from small farmers
-caused the urbanization bc commoners were forced to move and find new jobs
jethro tull
-helped form agricultural revolution
-created seed drill
-planted seeds and covered them with dirt
crop rotation
-europe started doing it in the agricultural revolution
-rotating which crops you plant to replenish the nutrients in the soil
industrialization
-the development of industries in a country on a wide scale
factors of production in the industrial revolution
-land
-labor
-capital
industrial revolution
-period of rapid growth of the use of machines in manufacturing and production
-began in mid 1700s
-radically changed society
john kay
-invented the flying shuttle
richard arkwright
-invented the water frame
-english
-most successful textile manufacturer
james hargreaves
-invented the spinning jenny
edmund cartwright
-invented the power loom
james watt
-improved newcomen’s steam engine to power machinery
george stephenson
-created the “rocket” train
-first steam-powered passenger railway in 1825
spinning jenny
-like a spinning wheel but can spin more than one thread at a time
-james hargreaves made the machine and patented it
-it could spin 16 threads at one time
water frame
-powered by water
-turned out yarn much faster than spinning wheels
-led to development of mechanized looms
-created by richard arkwright
steam engine
-turns energy released by burning fuel into motion
-thomas newcomen built the first model
-james watt improved it vastly
-after watt it was incorporated into machinery
power loom
-operated mechanically
-powered by water
-changed workers job from running loom to watching loom
-sped up production of textiles
-created by edward cartwright
the rocket locomotive
-created by george stephenson
-traveled 40 miles in 1 and 1/2 hours
-caused 15,000 miles of railroad tracks to be built
significance of steam power
-increased speed of work
-created automatic power source
-allowed goods and workers to be transported across long distances quickly
significance of factories
-consolidated workforce
-created a single place where goods were produced start to finish
-created great wealth for owners
-created opportunity for owners to abuse/exploit workers
significance of railroads
-connected the country
-helped farmers/ranchers in the west
-caused major growth in some cities
-destruction of native american and cowboy lifestyle
-rr became powerful due to land grants
importance of manchester, uk
-leading cotton and textile production center in britain
causes of migration to the cities
-changes in farming
-rise in population
-need for workers
-enclosure movement
urbanization
-increase in percentage of people living in urban areas
unpreparedness of cities for mass migration
-lack of adequate housing
-lack of sanitation
-lack of public transportation
-all combined to make cities a disease hub
population increase
-bc of agricultural revolution more people were able to be fed
-being fed better means living longer
-living longer means having more children
rise of the middle class
-as cities grew merchants explored new jobs
-workers demanded more money for their labor
-aka bourgeousie
rise of the working class
-aka proletariat
-industrial economy relied on thousands of workers
-usually whole families were part of the workforce together
-shift from agricultural economy to industrial shifted people who worked on farms to be a working class
wealth gap
-difference in incomes/assets
-gap between rich and poor was increased during industrial revolution
jose morales
-preist who tried to carry revolution forward after father hidalgo
irish potato famine
-famine in 1845
-main source of nutrition for irish, potatoes was destroyed by disease
-irish grew other crops but biritan required them to export those
-people either migrated or died
-caused by lack of variety in potato crop and lack of british concern
adam smith
-scottish economist
-wrote wealth of nations
-introduced the world to the idea of capitalism
-believed in laissez-faire
wealth of nations
-book by adam smith
-introduced capitalism
capitalism
-factors of production are privately owned rather than stately owned
positive consequences of industrial revolution
-increase material wealth
-made products cheaper at a faster paced
-created an environment of creativity
-education
-eventual betterment of work conditions
laissez-faire
-policy of letting things take their own course without interference
thomas malthus
-eighteenth century english intellectual
-warned population growth threatened future generations
-argued that diesases/wars were needed
-wrote “an essay on the principle of population”
jeremy bentham
-british theorist and philosopher
-proposed ultiliarianism
utiliarianism
-people should judge things based on their usefulness
-governments should operate to bring the greates good to the greatest number of people
john stuart mills
-naturalist
-former member of parliament
-founder of utiliarianism
-fought for women’s rights
-wrote on liberty
pace of life
-used to be based off of hours of daylight
-was slower paced
-work was based off of when it was done
-after industrial revolution bc of lightbulb it was based off of set hours
-culture became efficiency based and was faster paced
-with inventions people could get things done faster, get places faster, etc.
child labor
-children were viewed as workers
-children worked on farms prior to the industrial revolution but there werent as many risks involved
on liberty
-written by john stuart mills
utopian socialism
-ideal society based on socialist ideas
-capitalists surrender means of production to the people peacefully
robert owen
-improved working conditions
-attempted to create utopia in indiana
-set up model community at his cotton mill in scotland
socialism
-political and economic theory of social organization
-argues that the means of production should be owned by the community as a whole
communism
-political thoery derived from karl marx
-advocated for a class war which led to a society where property is publicly owned
-each person is paid/given jobs based on their abilities and needs
karl marx
-father of communism
-19th century philosopher and economic theorist
-beleived that communism would replace capitalism
communist manifesto
-book written in 1848 by karl marx and fredreich engels
-urged workers to rise up and seize means of produciton from upper and middle classes
unions
-an association of workers
-formed to fargain wages and working conditions
-sometimes participated in strikes
strikes
factory act of 1819
-restricted working agea nd hours for children
-said that children undre 9 could not work
-children 9-13 had to work partime and go to shcool part time
reform act of 1832
-increased suffrage
-eliminated rotten and pocket boroughs
-gave middle class men the right to vote (left working class men dissapointed)
chartist movement
-19th century british citizens demanded reforms in parliament and elections
-ex. right to vote for all men
married women’s property act of 1882
-allowed married women to own and control property
abolition of slavery
-william wilberforce fought to abolish it first in the trade, then slavery in britain as a whole, then i the colonies
-officially ended in 1807
william wilberforce
-british statesmen and reformer
-leader of the abolitionsit movement in english parliament
mary wollstonecraft
-birtish feminist of the 18th century
-argued women’s equality with men
-wroe vindication of the rights of women in 1792
women’s suffarge movement
-womens right to vote
industrial revolutions impact on the arts
-new styles developed
-ex. impressionism , realism, romanticism
charles dickens
-english writer
-novels depicted and criticized social injustice
realism
-natural and real work depicted in the sense that it actually happened
jules verne
-sci fi author of the 19th century
-wrote journey to the center of the earth and twenty thousand leauges under the sea
photography
-the art of taking pcitures with a camera
-names after tthe original rpoceess of shining light to reveal the image on special paper
-helped incrase realism bc you cant put as much pov into a photograph as you can a painting of an event
-ex. crimean war (shattered the illusion that war was glorious)
mozart
-composer from autria
-knownfor classsical nw style
-child prodigy
romanticism
-reflected deep interests in nature and the thoughs/feelings of the inducvidal
-in music the compoer celebrated herosim and national pride
-ex beethoven
victor hugo
-french writer
-best known novels are hunchback of notre dame and les misreablees
mary shelley
-wrote in romantic tstyle
-author of frankenstien
percy bysshe shelly
-most ffamous romantic poet
-wrote ozmandias
chopin
-romantic composer
wagner
-german romantic composer of operas
-created music drama
-combines music, spectacle, and drama
impressionism
-artistic movement
-sought to capture atristic impression or momentary feel of the piee they were drawing
monet
-fernch painter
-used time of impressionism called super realism
degas
-french painter-impressionism
-did horses and ballet dancers
debussy
-impressionist composer
thomas edison
-american inventor
-best known for lightbulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders and motion pictures
marconi gugilemo
-inventor of the radio
orville and wilbur wright
-developed the first working plane at kitty hawk nc
alexander graham bell
-inventor of the telephone
henry ford
-american manufacturer of automobiles
-pioneerd mass production of cars through the assembly line
assembly lines
-improved productivity by using intercchangalbe parts nd craft production
louis pasteur
-french chemist
-discoverred heat could kill bacteria tha would othersie spoil milk, wime , beer, etc.
dmitri mendeleev
-russian chemist
-created periodic table
-predicted discovery of more elements in the future
marie and pierre curie
-discovered polonium and radium
ernest rutherford
discovered that the atom had a nucleus
nells bohr
-built on rutherfords work
-devleoped the planetary model of the atom in 1913
-said taht electrons are in energy levels
-the farther n electron is away from the nucleus the higher its energy is
max plank
-said that a heated body doesnt radiate energy in a steady stream but spits it out in chunks called quanta
-quantum theory questioned the old views of atoms based on newtonian physics
ivan pavlov
-discovered classical conditioning
-trianed dogs to salivate at hte ringing of a bell
charles darwin
-english natural sientist ho discored the theory of evoluion through natural selection
the beagle
-darwin went on a voyage around the world in this cship-only on board fo 18 mo
the origin of species
-charles darwins book
-explained that various species evolve over time and only those wiht advantages can survive an drepoduce
theory of evolution
-states that evolutionary change comes thorugh variation in each generation and differential survival of the individuals wih these characteristics
august comte
-father of sociology
emile zola
-gaint of the realism movement
-accuesd the french government of anti-semitism and unlawful jailing of alfred dreyfus in his piecej’acuse
gustave flaubert
-french author
wrote madame bovary which was the fisrrt major realist novel
leo tolstoy
-russian writer of realistic fiction
-annakerenina, wra and peace
war and peace
-draws from journals, letters, and historical reports of the napoleonic invation of russia
-through the eeyes of five russian aristocratic families
alfred dreyfus
-french soldier and victim of antisemitism
–acccused of treason and jialed on devils island
-later found innocent byb french govt
antisemitism
-hostility of prejudice against jews
antisemitism and evolutionary theory
-anti-semit. was given rising validity bc of the thoery that they were a lesser race anad should be erradicated
the pale
-rusian govt prohiited jews from living outside of the pale region
george sand
-french female author
-took up a man’s name and dressed liek a man to rpotest the different treatment of women