People
1. Thinker of natural rights and consent of the governed
2. Thinker of separation of powers
3. Thinker that argued religion should be a protected private practice
1. John Locke
2. Baron De Montesquieu
3. Voltaire
What factors allowed for economic growth in the west during 1750-1900
what happened to human workers during the industrial revolution? ; Which groups of people emerged as the wealthy elite middle class?
What role did cheap labor play in capitalism?
Wealth was created through cheap labor which lowered prices, sold more products, and created more jobs.
What process helped make steel more efficiently?
Bessemer process
This person is considered the father of economics and wrote a specific book called?
Adam Smith; Wealth of Nations
Who determines the best prices and what economic system is this part of?
the market or consumers; free market capitalism
What were the two strikes where the government interfered and forced workers to adhere to company terms
Homestead steel strike (1892) and Pullman Railroad Strike (1894)
What is the term for advocating for limited government interference, free market, individual rights, and right of law?
classical liberalism
This invention helped with transportation, enabling fast and reliable large-scale movement.
Steam engine locomotive
These two people liberated the remaining south american colonies during the Latin American Revolution
Simon de Bolivar and Jose de san Martin
what were the purpose of stock markets and limited liability companies?
funding for companies and profits for investors; personal assets are protected from business liability
What do you call society's duty to ensure the greatest good for the greatest amount of people
Utilitarianism
Who led Marxism and what was it meant to counter or replace?
Karl Marx; capitalism and class conflict over private property
What railroad linked Russia's European and Pacific ports?
Trans siberian railway
This leader unified pan-germanism and eventually led the Berlin Conference
Otto von Bismark
What are spheres of influence
exclusive economic zones
What was the driving force for many revolutions
nationalism
How did nationalism serve as a cause of starting WWI?
What invention made Japan surrender in World War I?
Atomic bombs made by the U.S.
Two feminist authors from First Wave Feminism and Second Wave Feminism
Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympes de Gouges; Simone De Beauvoir and Betty Friedan
Purpose of the Berlin Conference
Regulate European colonization and trade in Africa to avoid war between European powers.
What were independent ethnic communities called
ethnic enclaves
What political ideology emerged with Hitler's rise to power in Germany? What is it?
Fascism; anti-communist government with a nationalistic authoritarian ruler that cooperated economically with large corporate monopolies
This technology, though created earlier, was perfected during WWII and helped detect enemy aircrafts and ships
Radar