Industrial Revolution I
Industrial Revolution II (vocabulary)
People
Imperialism & Nationalism
Wars during Imperialism
100
In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain
100
Where common lands were then fenced off, forcing farmers to go to the cities
the enclosure movement
100
What philosopher wrote the "Wealth of Nations" and believed in lassiez faire, where the government should not interfere in people's affairs?
Adam Smith
100
What is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. Imperialism not only describes colonial and territorial policies, but also economic and/or military dominance and influence.
Imperialism
100
British missionaries tried to convert the Chinese to Christianity.
Boxer Rebellion
200
Name one reason why the population in Europe rose to 266 million in the 1850s.
1. decline in death rates 2. decline in wars 3. decline in diseases 4. increase in the food supply (less famine).
200
It is an economic system based on industrial production. It produced a new middle-class group—the industrial middle class. The new industrial middle class was made up of the people who built the factories, bought the machines, and figured out where the markets were.
Industrial Capitalism
200
What philosopher was shocked by the horrible conditions in factories he blamed the system of industrial capitalism for these conditions. Believed that all of world history was a “history of class struggles" between the proletariat vs. bourgeois classes.
Karl Marx
200
A political ideology which involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms,
nationalism
200
A war dealing with a highly addictive drug that was grown in northern India. The Chinese government made the trade illegal. The British responded with force. China also gave the island of Hong Kong to the British.
Opium War
300
Who were the industrialized powers in Europe during the Industrial Revolution? (Name one)
1. Great Britain 2. Belgium 3. France 4. Germany 5. the United States
300
An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.
capitalism
300
He believed that humans would show their natural goodness if they lived in a cooperative environment.
Robert Owen
300
What nations were notorious for imperializing other countries?
1. Great Britain 2. France 3. Germany 4. Italy 5. Japan 6. the United States
300
Conference between Great Britain & Germany to discuss how to divide Africa
Berlin Conference
400
There were many products that were being used in factories during the Industrial Revolution. One was needed to not only heat homes, but to power the furnaces of the growing industries. It was needed to make steam & to make purer iron. What is this product?
Coal
400
a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
Communism
400
The Factory Act of 1833, set as the minimum age for employment, dealt with what type of laws?
child labor laws
400
The Chinese government was unable to deal with the economic problems at the time. This led to a peasant revolt to destroy the Qing dynasty. Goals included giving land to all peasants and treating women as equals of men.
Tai Ping Rebellion
400
Indians trained by the British as soldiers, heard rumors that the cartridges for their new Enfield rifles were greased with lard and beef fat. Since the cow is sacred to Hindus, and the pig is "disgusting" to Muslims, all the sepoys were outraged, and they mutinied.
Sepoy Mutiny
500
What was one of the reasons why the Industrial Revolution began?
1. Agricultural practices in the eighteenth century had changed. More people could be fed at lower prices with less labor. 2. the population grew. 3. Britain had money to invest in the new industrial machines and factories. 4. Natural resources, such as coal and iron ore, were plentiful in Britain. 5. Britain had a huge empire that gave the British many markets for their goods.
500
An economic system in which the means of production are publicly or commonly owned and controlled co-operatively.
socialism
500
People who advocate the extension of political rights, such as women's rights to vote & work
Suffragists
500
What were some reasons that imperialism started and continued?
1. There was a strong economic motive. Europeans were looking for raw materials, such as rubber, oil, and tin, for their industries. 2. They were also looking for new markets for their manufactured goods. 3. They wanted more direct control over the areas with the raw materials and markets. 4. There were also political motives. European nations were rivals. They tried to acquire colonies in order to gain an advantage over their rivals. 5. Some people believed that a nation could not be great without colonies. Imperialism was also tied to social Darwinism and racism. Racism is the belief that race determines traits and capabilities. Racists believe that particular races are superior or inferior to others. 6. Some Europeans had religious and humanitarian motives. They believed that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive people.
500
This war was the result of conflicts between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The Heavy losses caused the Russians to seek peace. By the Treaty of Paris in 1856, Russia agreed to allow Moldavia and Walachia to be placed under the protection of all the great powers.
Crimean War
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