the giant annoying chapter of 10 (10.1-10.5) Flashcards
Capital (vocab term)
money :/
entreprenuer
someone who organizes a business
cottage industry
two step process of making cloth
puddling
burning away impurities in iron
industrial capitalism
economic system based on industrial production
socialism
society owns/controls part of a production
James Hargreaves
invented the Spinning Jenny, which made the spinning process much faster
Edmund Cartwright
invented the water-powered loom made the weaving of cloth to catch up with the spinning of thread
James Watt
invented the steam engine; enabled the engine to drive machinery
Henry Cort
invented puddling process
Richard Threvifick
built the first steam locomotive; ran on a rail line in Britain and transported ore and people
Robert Fulton
steamboating
Karl Marx
his followers believed to polarize the gap between the owners of the means of production and the workers even more
Robert Owen
transformed the squalid factory town of New Lanark into a flourishing community
How did industrial revolution begin in Britain
agricultural revolution, growth of population from a food increase, supply of capital to forfeit into machines, plentiful natural resources, supply of markets gave manufacturers an outlet for their goods
evolution of cloth
many new machines improved the speed of production of cloth
factory system
created a new labor system. factory owners preferred to constantly use their machines so that extended the workers’ shifts
railroads
created new jobs for farm laborers and peasants. less expensive transportation led to lower-priced goods, thus creating larger markets
spread of industrialization
industrialization spread to europe at different times and different speeds. france was slower and had little coal. heavy mechanism in britain and rich in iron and coal. unification of german state led to rapid industrial growth. in the US a lot of citizens were farmers
New social classes
middle class was made up of the people who buit the factories, bought the machines, and developed the markets
working conditions
steam-powered engines were the cause of bad working conditions. cave-ins, explosions, and gas fumes were a way of life. deformed bodies and ruined lungs. cotton mills were worse, as they were dirty, dusty, and unhealthy.
universal male suffrage
all adult men could vote
multinational empire
collection of different peoples, such as germans, czechs, magyars, slovaks
Charles X
reactionary who attempted to censor the press and take away voting rights from middle class
Louis-Phillipe
cousin of charles x who took the throne after he was overthrown
louis-napoleon III
won a victory for president
causes of revolutions of 1830s
liberalism and nationalism
effects of revolutions of 1830s
overthrow of charles x, revolutions of belgium, poland, italy, and russia
causes of revolutions of 1848
liberalism, nationalism, conservative order still dominated much of europe
effects of revolutions of 1848
growth of opposition
failure of 1848
monarchy was overthrown, a group of moderate republicans set up a temporary government
militarism
reliance on military strength
kaiser
emperor
plebliscite
popular vote
emancipation
edit which freed the serfs
abolitionism
movement to end slavery
Victor emmanuel II
ruler of the island piedmont
Cavour
pursued a policy of high economic growth in order to equip a large army; made an alliance with napoleon
louis-napoleon
alliance with cavour gave nice and savoy to the french