Vocab words Flashcards
Abolition Movement
The Abolition Movement was a movement in Europe and the Americas to abolish slavery. The focus of this movement was to end the Atlantic slave trade and to give slaves rights and freedom.
Empiricism
Empiricism is a theory that states your knowledge comes from sensory experience.
Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was a philosophical time in Europe where knowledge came from science and changed the way people thought about past traditions and changed religious values.
Suffrage movement
The women’s suffrage movement was a movement in America that was a decade long fight to give women equal rights as men and have the ability to vote. Although the Suffrage movement has hundreds of activists, the fight was not easy and it took nearly 100 years to win the right for women to vote.
American Revolution
The American revolution occurred when the 13 colonies rejected imperial rule from britain. The result of this was that the american colonies were able to defeat the british and gain their independence
Bolivar Revolutions
Led by Simon Bolivar, this was a war fighting to achieve south america from spanish rule.
Classical Liberalism
The philosophy of having individual rights by limiting power from the government. Classical Liberalism has emphasis on democracy and freedom.
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social revolution led by the people against the government. This revolution put an end to the french monarchy.
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a slave rebellion that ended french control and freed slaves owned by the french in Haiti.
Nationalism
The ideology of people having loyalty and devotion to a nation.
Causes of Industrialization
The industrial revolution was caused by the rise of capitalism, european imperialism, and the effects of the agricultural revolutions.
Factory system
The factory system was a way of manufacturing goods during the industrial revolution. In the factory system, people would work in factories from early mornings to late nights similar to the agricultural system which was disappearing.
Industrialization
A period of economic change and a social shift where society depends on factories rather than agriculture for work.
Fossil Fuels Revolution
During the Industrial revolution, the finding of fossil fuels fueled the steam engine and caused advancements in fuel and technologies.
Industrial Communication
During the industrial revolution communication was improved by the telegraph and the steam engine. Because of the telegraph people were able to communicate over long distances and it was cheaper than old communication methods. The steam engine improved globalization and made it easier for materials to be transported.
Internal Combustion Engine
In the industrial revolution, the Internal Combustion Engine was used as a generator and changed power generation.
Second Industrial Revolution
The second industrial led new advancements in steel production and the expansion of railroads. There was also advancements in the production of new inventions and new machines.
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration in japan resulted in getting rid of the feudal system and restoring it with an imperial system.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was considered the first modern ruler of egypt and was responsible for industrializing egypt.
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system where property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals instead of the state.
Stock Market
In the industrial revolution businesses would sell stock on the stock market to rise capital and expand their business.
Communism
A theory from Karl Marx that stated and promoted the idea of a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Labor Unions
In the industrial revolution labor unions were started by individuals requesting better pay and working conditions. There was also labor unions fighting for the unsafe conditions of child labor.
Self-Strengthening Movement
A period of reforms after the Opium Wars during the Quing Dynasty.
Socialism
Socialism is an economic theory similar to communism. The theory of socialism states that production and distribution should be owned by the community as a whole.
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a mass rebellion in china that’s goal was to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.
Tanzimat Reforms
Tanzimat reforms were used by the ottoman empire to preserve it because it was weakening by strengthening their economic and political control.
Cult of Domesticity
The cult of domesticity was a belief system that a women should make the house dependant on the man of the family and should stay home and provide for the children.
Middle class
The middle class is the working class between the lower and upper class. The middle class often did not have as much money as the upper class but they had more wealth benefits than the lower class.
Urbanization
Urbanization in the industrial revolution was the increase of people living in the city working in factories rather than living on farms.
