Industrial Revolution
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This revolution drastically changed how goods were produced, leading to mass production and urbanization.
What is Japan?
This Asian country modernized quickly and became an imperial power itself.
What are the Three Estates?
The name for the three social classes in pre-revolutionary France. clergy, nobles and peasants
What is sovereignty?
This is the right of a nation to govern itself independently.
Who are the Cherokee?
This Indigenous group adopted a written constitution to protect their sovereignty.
What are raw materials and new markets?
The demand for these two things grew rapidly, causing countries to expand their empires.
What is assimilation?
This term describes the policy of forcing people to adopt the culture of the ruling country.
What are inequality and debt?
two key causes of the French Revolution.
What is the people (or consent of the governed)?
In a democracy, this is where the government's power comes from.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Despite winning a Supreme Court case, the Cherokee were still forcibly removed in this event.
What is capitalism?
This economic system emphasizes private ownership and the pursuit of profit.
What is segregation?
This term refers to the enforced separation of different racial or ethnic groups under imperial rule.
What is the Bastille?
This prison’s storming marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is legitimacy?
This term refers to a government’s recognized and accepted right to rule.
What is acculturation?
This strategy involves adopting the customs and systems of a dominant group to protect rights
What are tariffs?
These taxes are placed on imported goods to protect domestic industries.
What is the civilizing mission?
The belief that European powers had a duty to civilize "less advanced" peoples was known as this.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
He led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Who is John Locke?
This Enlightenment thinker argued for natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
What is westward expansion or national interest?
This U.S. policy goal motivated the forced removal of the Cherokee.
What are poor working conditions?
One major negative effect of industrialization on workers.
What is Traditional Indigenous sovereignty?
Tied to land and cultural identity rather than legalistic statehood.
What is Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen?
it declared the rights of all men to
What is interdependence?
This system of global economic exchange grew stronger during industrialization, as nations depended on each other for goods and resources.
(dependance)
Who are the U.S. federal government and the Cherokee Nation?
These two groups had conflicting claims to power over Cherokee lands.