unit 3 Flashcards
what impact did industrialization have on traditional social structure
Family unit started to disintegrate- families used to eat together and spend time together in the fields, kids would apprentice their parents→ they work for really long hours, alcoholism is introduced and is an epidemic
domestic spear is made for women because they now are paid the same amount of money as men and are forced to work at the house only
Explain the major short-term causes of the French Revolution.
Short term→ firing of jeuaqe necker for asking to tax first and second estates, diamond necklace affair (royals spending for centuries, but w/marie antoinette it was icing on the cake), the famine/bad harvests because it kills people and causes the price of bread to go up (staple of their meals)
explain the major long term causes of the french revolution
Long term→enlightenment, wanting a more democratic form of government, debts from all the louis’s have been making at this point, estate system, equality
Explain the major short-term causes of the American Revolution.
The seven years war and the subsequent taxes on the people→ british gov wasn’t rly involved in colonists’ lives until this happens which makes the colonists rly want to rebel
What impacts did independence movements have on Latin American societies?
creoles not interested in equal society–just wanted political power for themselves
decapitation→peninsulares had all the power and creoles have close to none, so creoles dont want equal roles and dont want to execute enlightenment ideas to everyone else –just themselves– wanted to decapitate peninsulares so the creoles are on top DONT WANT EQUAL SOCIETYY
creoles then become the caudillos
creoles then become the caudillos
What were the 3 causes of the revolutions in Latin America?
Fall of spanish empire at the hands of napoleon
French and american revolutions
Enlightenment
Explain the positive impacts of Napoleon’s government.
Positive→ redistributed land to the peasants, gave some of the land back to wealthy elite, welcomed ex-patriots (people who left the country during reign of terror) back, made peace with the catholic church through concordat of 1801-introduces religious tolerance to france
Explain the negative impacts of Napoleon’s government.
Negatives→ peels back women rights (adultery, property rights), institutes censorship, limits free speech, taxes the lands that he occupies rly heavily, made himself emperor-not democratic, got ⅔ of his army killed, chaos in europe with napoleonic war, replaces liberty, equality, and fraternity with order, security, and efficiency
How did the Industrial Revolution initiate reform movements?
slide number 65
By making everything crappy–
urbanization –led to a lot of problems- sewage issues, sanitation, diseases
Rise of alcoholism
(look at slide abt the issues the movement causes)-slide number 65
How did changes in agriculture influence the Industrial Revolution?
Process of urbanization
Crop rotation, live stock breeding, machinery
More crops→ more people→ more crops needed
Needed to sustain population growth
Enclosure movement–rich people buying the land–better for crop production-have better education
All of these create need for less farmers so more of them can move to the cities to be a ready supply of labor
Compare and contrast the differences between various economic systems.
(free market economy, mixed economy, traditional economy, and command economy)
Command economy–led by communist Karl Marx (communist manifesto) he sees history as a conflict between bourgeoisie (people who make profit off of the blood sweat and tears of proletariats) and proletariat (workers) –history of CLASS STRUGGLES
Free Market Economy (capitalism)→ individuals own the means of production and the government has limited to no involvement (Smith)
Mixed Economy→ means of production controlled by both individual and government (all countries mixed economies; just depends on how much government is involved→ minimum wage, working conditions, health care
Socialism→ goal to end poverty and wealth gap—society should benefit everyone, not just the rich (“redistribute the wealth”)
Traditional Economy→ economic decisions are based around tradition, self-sufficient societies (Developing Countries w/ low standard of living
