Enlightenment
What part of the world did the Enlightenment begin?
Europe
What is a Revolution?
Revolution is when the people, including leaders, gradually rise up because they are looking to change the government or other aspects of society
What was iron used to create?
Steel
The growth of cities and the movement of people to cities is known as?
Urbanization
What is a Colony?
Territory completely controlled by the mother-country
What was the Enlightenment?
The enlightenment was a time in the 1700's in Europe when people began to question old ideas and search for knowledge.
What was Nationalism?
The idea that people of a nation are connected to each other and have pride in what connects them
When did industrialization take place?
Late 1800s
How were working conditions?
-14 hours days, 6 days a week
-low wages
What is Imperialism?
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Which groups of people played the greatest role in the Enlightenment?
Scientists and scholars
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi and what is he known for?
The nationalist leader who started to unite the southern region of Italy
Define Industrialization.
The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country.
What were living conditions like?
-no sanitary or building codes
-Families crammed into tenements
-sickness swept through the cities
What was the "White Mans Burden?"
idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized
What three natural rights did John Locke believe a government must protect?
The rights to life, liberty, and property
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
A Prussian/German chancellor that helped unify the German states.
How did working conditions change through industrialization?
-new jobs
-dirty, unsafe, and dangerous work
-bosses exercised harsh discipline
What did cities lack?
adequate housing, police force, education, sewage, plumbing
What is Social Darwinism?
The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.
What aspects of U.S. government do we owe to the French thinker Montesquieu?
Separation of powers, checks and balances.
What were the three stages of the French Revolution?
One - marked by goal of constitutional monarchy
Two - most radical, led by Jacobins extreme Republicans
Three- Napoleon restored order and extended French power
What were 6 causes of Industrialization?
Natural Resources
Growing Population
Improved Transportation
High Immigration
New Inventions
Investment Capital
What were the 5 main areas of the effects of the Industrialization?
-Working conditions
-social classes
-formed upper middle class
-size of cities
-living conditions
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power