Unit V Flashcards
Communism
New economic and political system where all property is public, owned by the central state
Cottage industry
Slow method for British cotton in which family unit or individual creates at home with their own equipment
Division of labor
A process that divides a task into separate parts key to increased productivity
Globalization
The development on an increasingly integrated global economy marked by free trade and a free flow capitol
Liberalism
Stressed the virtues of freedom, argues the libery of the international is the main concern of politics
Proletariat
Working class according to Marx
Socialism
An economic system in which industry is collectively owned, private owned property is allowed
Social criticism
A type of writing that tries to improve social conditions
Sabotage
Deliberate destruction ( of employers property)
Social Darwinism
Idea that the differences in wealth and power could be explained by the superiority of some and the inferiority of others (race and hierarchy)
Exposition
Every showing world achievements
Militarism
Belief a country should maintain a strong military
Queen Victoria
Popular Queen, supported social and political reforms and believed in personal and social responsibility
Charles Dickens
Wrote a Christmas carol and Oliver Twist, works of social criticism and commenting of the treatment of the poor working class
Louis Pasteur
Discovered that microorganisms cause fermentation and disease
James Watt
Invented the steam engine
Henry Bessemer
Invented a cheaper way to produce steel
Cyrus McCormick
Invented McCormick reaper that revolutionized wheat harvesting in England
Karl Marx
Communist, believed industrial societies created two social classes (bourgeoisie - property owing and proletariat - workers)
Fredrick Engles
Write the manifesto of the communist party with Karl
Otto von Bismarck
Chancellor of Germany, united regions into one nation, not nationalist, “iron chancellor”
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin
Napoleon III
First president of France, later emperor, nephew of former emperor of France
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian general, nationalist, unified the Italian peninsula
Which European nationalists first
England
What invention marked the beginning of the industrial revolution
Steam engine
During the Industrial Revolution steam engines and iron works depended on what fuel source
Coal
How did globalization affect the worlds culture
European customs and cultures gained prominence worldwide
Who invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
What was the ultimate goal expressed by Karl Marx
Communism
What book did Charles Darwin write
On the origin of species
What was the accompaniment of Louis Napoleon
Modernizing and expanding the French economy
Between 1750-1900 how much did total global manufacturing production increase
400%
Between 1750-1900 how did global population change
It doubled
Who were Luddites
Artisans that organized secret societies and attacked the textile machinery that threatened their way of life
What major waterway was completed in 1869 to link the Mediterranean and Red Sea
Suez Canal
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and a supporter of liberalism
What book did Adam Smith write
The wealth of nations
What book did Charles Dickens write
Oliver Twist
What country was the second in the world to industrialize
Belgium
