Industrialization and Nationalism Flashcards
What countries were in the Holy Alliance?
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Who led the effort to unite Italy as one Country?
Camillo di Cavour
Who wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848?
Karl Marx
Who developed the telegraph in the 1830’s?
Samuel Morse
What was the name of the most powerful tribe that fought the British in South Africa?
Zulu
What type of engine produced faster ships and trains for transportation?
Steam
What item was made stronger and less expensive by the Bessemer process?
Steel
What is the German title for “emperor”?
Kaiser
Which country was defeated in the Haitian Revolution?
France
Who improved conditions in British hospitals during the Crimean War?
Florence Nightingale
Who led a military force called the Red Shirts?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Did Britain fight against France during the Crimean War?
NO
Did Florence Nightingale become know as the “Lady with the Lamp?”
YES
Did Kaiser Wilhelm II expand the German navy to rival Britain?
YES
Did the Carlsbad Decrees suppress liberal ideas in the German states?
YES
Did the unions use strikes to improve their working conditions?
YES
How did the Crimean war affect the development of both combat and medicine?
More accurate rifles and artillery made trenches and sieges more common
Florence Nightingale saved lives in British field hospitals
Who was Otto von Bismarck? How did he help the development of the German Empire?
Prime minister of Prussia
Militarization and war against Denmark, Austria and France
What happened across Europe in 1848? Which Countries were involved?
A revolution in France spread to other countries
France, Austria and the German States
Why did Britain become the center of industrialization? What did the British produce?
Iron, coal, rivers and canals
Colonial empire provided markets for manufactured goods
Cotton and other Textiles
Who was Klemens von Metternich? What did he believe about European governments?
Austrian foreign minister
Conservative who believed that strong governments should prevent revolutions
What did the southern part of America supply for British textiles?
Cotton
Who let troops in Gran Colombia, Peru and Bolivia?
Simon Bolivar
What is the term that refers to direct British rule in India until 1947?
Raj
What was the Zollverein?
German custom union
Why was France bitter toward Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?
1) France lost control of Alsace-Lorraine
2) Paris was forced to surrender
3) German Empire was proclaimed in the Palace of Versailles
What country saw Germany as a rival after the Franco-Prussian War?
Russia
What city was the most important for the British East India Company?
Calcutta
What allowed Britain to gain more power in India?
Victory over France in the Seven Years’ War
Did Adam Smithy want workers around the world to unite in a revolution?
NO
Did Karl Marx view history as a story of class struggle?
YES
Did Metternich want to create a classless society with collective wonership?
NO
Were Sepoys Indian soldiers in the British Army?
YES
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations? What did he believe about economics?
Adam Smith
Economy would flourish without government involvement
What was the Sepoy Rebellion? How did it affect the British Empire?
Cartridges greased with animal fat created mutiny among Indian soldiers
Massacres spread along the Ganges River
British won and replaced the East India Company with the Raj
Discuss German unification - how did Prussia gain power in German Confederation - how did this become the German Empire - what were the consequences for Europe in general and France in particular?
Prosperous territory in the Rhineland
Zollverein excluded Austria
Bismarck focused on militarization
Schleswig-Holstein taken from Denmark
Successful wars against Austria and France
Rivalries with Britain and Russia
Discuss British colonialism in India - what was the role of the East India company - why was India so valuable to the British Empire - what challenges did the British face and what lessons did they learn?
East India company had a monopoly on Eastern trade
Expansion from Calcutta with local troops and European muskets
Access to cotton, silk, indigo and saltpeter
India provided money and soldiers
Mistrust around military service and Christianity led to the Sepoy Rebellion
More British soldiers, railroads and telegraph line
Raj replace the east India Company
