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What is cottage industry and how is it impacted by the industrial revolution?

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home-based businesses became small and then larger factories. The Cottage Industry helped start the Industrial Revolution in the 1700’s.

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The spinning jenny, power loom and power shuttle are all related to what industry

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clothing

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What are some major changes the industrial revolution causes in the late 1700s

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Higher wages
Afford better goods and foods
urbanization - movement of people to cities

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What migration pattern happens because of industrialization?

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rural to urban migration

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What impact does the industrial revolution have consumer goods?

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more money could afford better goods

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Why do people move during the industrial revolution?

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to be closer to factories to work

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What is socialism and who invented it?

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economic system where the factors of production are owned by the government, money made is invested to promote the welfare and equality of all, Karl Marx

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What are the two groups engaged in class warfare according to Marx?

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The bouregoisie controls the capital and means of production, and the proletariat provide the labour.

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What purpose do trade unions serve?

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maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment

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What are some major changes the industrial revolution cuases in the late 1700s?

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higher wages
more money
urbanization
cottage industry

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What people are exploited during industrialization, how and why?

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children
women
poor people with out education

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What happens to prices as goods are mass produced?

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they go down

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Where di the industrial revolution start?

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Europe

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What natural resources first fule the industrial revolultion?

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Water - Coal - Steam - Electricity

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What economic theory sees classes engage in war with each other?

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What is laissez-faire?

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abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market

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Machines, mines, and trains are all associated with which time period?

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Industrial Revolution

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What economic system was theorized by Karl Marx?

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Marixan Economics/Marxism

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What were the major actions taken by Japan during the Meiji Restoration?

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Modernization, limited outside influence, blended western ideas with Japans traditions

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What were some impacts of the Russo-Japanese War

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First European defeat to an Asian Power, Challenged the white european superiority throughout the world, provided inspirationed to colonized people everywhere

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What impact did the steam ship have on European imperialism in Africa?

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used to be able to conquer lands in Africa, made it easier to navigate

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What is the most direct cause of the Boer Wars?

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The expansion of the British Empire and taking over Transvaal

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Eugenics and social darwinism both play a role in what?

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discrimination of lower class

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What is imperialism?

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a country extending its power by the taking over of land

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Why do European powers begin imperialism during the 1800s?

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To get resources and land to strength their empires

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What is being controlled or exploited under imperialism?

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The colony’s resources and labor

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How did race factor into imperalism?

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White Europeans feel as they are superior to everyone else so they can take them over

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What are the opium wars?

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Series of Naval battles between chinse and British, British Win.

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Compare/contrast the succeses and failures of the unification of Japan and Germany?

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Japan Successfully modernize themselves unified to defeat the Russias
Ethnic Germans want to unify, Prussia has strongest army and goes to war with france, which unifys Germany

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How does America practice imperalism during this time period?

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What do the British introduce to China, starting the opium wars?

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Opium

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What is the open door policy?

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Law - China cant be conquered, europe and america can trade with them.

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What role do Kaiser Wilhelm and Otto von Bismarck have in German unification?

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Wilehlm appointed Otto prime minister who engineered series of wars that unified the country

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What is realpolitik?

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a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations.

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What role do Victor Emanuel II, Camillio di Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi have on Italian unification?

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Emanuel - Garibalidi and Cavour step aside to let him rule unified Italy
Cabour - allied with French to drive Austro-Hungarians out of Northern Italy
Garibaldi - liberated southern Italy

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Who is Matthew Perry and why is he important

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best known for the treaty he negotiated with Japan, which first opened that country to the Western world.

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Which two countries fight the Boer Wars?

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British and Boer (African Countries)

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The dividing of the entire continent of Africa between the European powers is known as what?

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Scramble for Africa

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What was the main cuase of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857?

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gun cartridges were lubricated with the fat of cows and pigs - and was offensive to hindus and muslims

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What impact did China have on its neighbors during the late 1800s?

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Which of the following was the most direct cause of the Boxer Rebellion in China?

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uprising against the spread of wester and japanese influence by the society of the righteous and harminious fists

42
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What countries fought as the Triple Entente in WW1?

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France, Russia, and Great Britain

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What countries fought as the Triple Alliance in WW1?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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What role did nationalism play in causing WW1?

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Nationalism was prevalent in early 20th century Europe and was a significant cause of World War I. Most pre-war Europeans believed in the cultural, economic and military supremacy of their nation.

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What rolde did alliance have in cuasing WW1

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Alliances made nations over confident and reckless. … Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary and then declared war on Russia. France was Russia’s ally, and declared war on Germany.

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What is trench warfare?

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type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy’s small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.

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Why did trench warfare start?

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Allied and German forces begin digging the first trenches on the Western Front

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What happens to German currency following WW1?

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hyperinflation. It caused considerable internal political instability in the country

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What is the mandate system?

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system that developed in the wake of World War I when the former colonies ended up mandates under European control, a thinly veiled attempt at continuing imperialism

50
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What is the most direct cause of hyperinflation in Germany after WW1?

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Forced to pay for Everything in WW1 so they kept printing tons of money which made it less valuable

51
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Why did German print so much money after WW1?

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Because they were forced to pay for everything that happened in WW1 so they had to print money o pay for all of it

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What treaty did Germany and Russia sign and what impact did it have on WW1?

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ended the war between Russia and germany, let germans focus on one front instead of the Allied powers and russia

53
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Describe the German’s plan early in WW1?

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The Schlieffen Plan, to fight on 2 fronts. They would take out France quickly then focus on Russia. This plan had be revise for 9 years before the war

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What role did imperialism have in causing WW1?

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fight for control of colonies and resources

55
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Who si Gavrilo Princip?

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Gavrilo Princip (1895–1918) was a Serbian nationalist who became the catalyst for World War I when he assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914. The murder started a chain reaction that led to the beginning of the war only one month later.

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Who is Franz Ferdinand?

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n an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914.

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Who is Woodrow Wilson?

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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). An advocate for democracy and world peace, Wilson is often ranked by historians as one of the nation’s greatest presidents.

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What is Article 231?

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Article 231, often known as the War Guilt Clause, was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War between the German Empire and the Allied and Associated Powers

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What is the Treaty of Versailles and what impact does it have on various countires?

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Treaty that ended World War 1, made Germany take the blame and pay for everything in WW1,

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What is the Paris Peach Conference?

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The Paris Peace Conference, also known as Versailles Peace Conference, was the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.

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What is the Battle of Marne and why is it important?

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On September 9, the exhausted Germans began a fighting retreat to the Aisne River. The Battle of the Marne was the first significant Allied victory of World War I, saving Paris and thwarting Germany’s plan for a quick victory over France.

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What is the Battel of Verdun adn why is it important?

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The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of World War One. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun.

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What event is seen as the most direct cuase of WW1?

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The direct cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. However historians feel that a number of factors contributed to the rivalry between the Great powers that allowed war on such a wide-scale to break out.

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What evenst are seen as the most direct cuase of the US entering WW1

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Sinking of the Lusitania
May 7, 1915
American gov said stop unrestricted warfare
germans said okay

65
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What is unrestricted submarine warfare?

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is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules

66
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What is rationing?

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allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity)

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What is propaganda?

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information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

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What organization is a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

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League of Nations.

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What is the Schlieffen Plan?

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German army’s plan for war against France and Russia

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What is the generation that lives during WW1 and what traits do the possess?

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Lost Generation
disillusionment
future unclear
mounting uncertainty

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What are Wilson’s 14 Points?

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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.

No more secret alliances
Freedom of high seas
Free Trade
Reduction of militaries
Colonial interests would be heard
Settles boundary disputes
Create an association of nations
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What happens when the Schlieffen Plan fails?

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The plan relied upon rapid movement. The resistance of the Belgians and the BEF prevented this. Russia mobilized its troops quicker than expected. Within 10 days the Russians had invaded Germany, which meant that the Germans had to switch troops away from western Europe to hold up the Russian invasion.

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