quiz 2 Flashcards
Cottage Industry
A HOME BASED SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING WIDELY USED GOODS DURING THE 1700’S TO THE 1900’S. THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY INVOLVED RURAL FAMILIES ADDING TO THEIR AGRICULTURE INCOME BY MAKING PRODUCTS IN THE HOME. HELPED START THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
BEGAN IN GREAT BRITAIN.
POPULATION INCREASE LEAD TO LESS LAND AND FORCE PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO GET MORE INCOME.
(1700- 1900’s)
Calico
In the 17th Century, along with other goods from India, the East Indian Company imported cotton yarn and fabric, dyes, and cotton from India into Europe.
The increase of Calico prints began in 1683, when Indian technologies became adopted in the European countries.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.
Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production.
The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking.
The Great Stink
(1858)
The Great Stink was an event in central London in July and August 1858 during which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks of the River Thames.
Liberalism
(1800’s)
political and economic freedom
Constitutional governments, elected legislatures, safeguards
for people’s rights, individualism and individual rights
Eugenics. lol
(1820–1920)
Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally.”Eugenics, meaning “well born,” was introduced in the 1880s.
The English eugenics movement, promoted eugenicsthrough selective breeding for positive traits. In contrast, the eugenics movement in the US quickly focused on eliminating negative traits.
Nationalism
(1790-1940)
The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance.
the belief that a people who share a common language, history, and culture should constitute an independent nation, free of foreign domination.
The French Revolution helped introduce nationalism in Europe, for it changed France’s entire system of government, defined citizens’ rights, and developed a set of national symbols.
Caudillos
(1950)
Caudillismo as a concept was first used in the former Spanish colonies of Latin America (often called Spanish America) to describe the leaders who challenged the authority of the governments arising from the independence process after 1810;
Caudillismo, a system of political-social domination, based on the leadership of a strongman, that arose after the wars of independence from Spain in 19th-century Latin America.
The Spanish word caudillo (“leader,” from the Latin capitellum [“small head”]) was used to describe the head of irregular forces who ruled a politically distinct territory.
Poder moderador
(1820-1830)
Emperor Pedro I (1822-34) Brazil
He was the moderating, harmonizer of the various regional interests.
Relative economic and political stability
Plantation economy (based on slave labor)
because of him passing on the power to his son Pedro II, and establighing Brazil as a separate equal empire, independence was peaceful and a marvel in latin America.
Laissez faire
(1756 to 1778.)
Laissez faire is the belief that economies and businesses function best when there is no interference by the government.
It comes from the French, meaning to leave alone or to allow to do.
It is one of the guiding principles of capitalism and a free market economy.