Industrial Life
The 2nd Industrial Revolution
Key Terms
Societies at a Crossroads
Imperialism
100

An increase of job availability in city centers led to this 

What was Rapid Urbanization? 

100

Credited for inventing the incandescent lightbulb 

Who was Thomas Edison? 

100

When society owns the means of production 

What is Socialism? 

100

Conflict that kicked off after China began blocking the trade of a potent drug for other goods 

What was The Opium War? 
100

Mutiny that sparked by Indian-born British soldiers, against the British East India Trading Co. 

What was the Sepoy Mutiny?

200

Unlike in the Middle and Upper classes, this group within the majority was expected to work 

Who were proletariat women?  

200

Inventor of the telephone 

Who was Alexander Graham Bell? 

200

When the state owns the means of production 

What is communism? 

200

Period in Japanese history that would lead to Japan becoming the first industrialized nation of Asia 

What was the Meiji Era? 

200

This is the term given to the rapid invasion of Africa 

What is the Scramble for Africa? 

300

Country where slavery/serfdom was abolished in the mid 19th century (Other than US) 

What is Russia? 

300

Inventor of the telegraph 

Who was Samuel Mores? 

300

A policy of extending a countries influence through diplomacy or military means

What is imperialism? 

300

Progressive political party that was formed by a group of expelled expats who sought to reinstate the Ottoman Constitution of 1876  

Who were The Young Turks? 

300

Nation that successfully defended its independence and defeated Italy in the Battle of Adwa

What is Ethiopia? 

400

Advances in the production of this material enabled building of larger factories, tenements, and eventually skyscrapers 

What is Steel? 

400

These advances characterized the 2nd Industrial Revolution 

What was Electricity OR Communication OR Chemistry? 

400

Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

What is Nationalism? 

400

Rebellion which sought to drive out foreign modernization efforts from China 

What was the Boxer Rebellion? 

400

Belgian king who formed the Congo Free State 

Who was King Leopold II? 

500

Term used for the new Middle Class, or "White Collar" workers

What is bourgeoisie?

500

Increasingly unfair and dangerous work environments led to the development of this form of workplace representation 

What are labor unions? 

500

Large industrial firms in Japan during the Meiji Restoration 

What were Zaibatsu? 

500

The end to the Opium Wars, this treaty was signed which forced China to open 5 ports and would give Hong Kong to the British. 

What was the Treaty of Nanjing? 

500

After the Sepoy Mutiny, the British crown went from enforcing Company Rule, to enforcing this 

What is direct colonial rule?