A form of socialism in which all means of production are controlled by the people. The government has much control over the economy.
What is Communism?
This German philosopher was the main author of the Communist Manifest, written in the mid 1800's. He later became known as the "father of Communism."
Who is Karl Marx?
This German word mean Emperor.
What is Kaiser?
These organizations were set up to fight for better working conditions in early factories.
What are Labor Unions?
This Scottish Engineer improved the steam engine to the point where it could drive machinery.
Who is James Watt?
Process of developing machine production of goods.
What is Industrialization?
This "Iron Chancellor" was most instrumental in unifying the German states by using Real Politics and Blood and Iron.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This 3rd war for German Unification was a massive defeat for the French and completed the unified German State with Kaiser Wilhelm as Emperor.
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
The movement for improved rights for these two groups of people emerged out of the right for factory workers.
Who are women and slaves?
This revolution had to come before the Industrial Revolution in order to provide the workforce in the factories.
What is the Agricultural Revoluion?
Machine parts that are identical and manufactured by machine.
What are interchangeable parts?
The "Brain" behind Italian Unification, this man united northern Italy using war and diplomacy.
Who is Count Camillio Cavour?
The leader of the Red shirts who helped unify most of southern Italy and the Kingdom of the two Sicilys.
Who is Guiseppe Garibaldi?
This type of economy is largely based on the ideas of supply and demand and Laissez Faire.
What is Capitalism?
This man put the first steam engine in a boat in the early 1800's. The first paddle wheeled steam boat was the Clermont.
Who is Robert Fulton?
Person of mixed European and African ancestry.
What is a Mulatto?
James Hargreaves invented this machine in the late 1700's which greatly sped up the spinning process allowing one person to weave 7 threads at a time.
What is the Spinning Jenny?
The first Caribbean colony to gain its independence from France in 1804, was led by former slave Touissaint L'Ouverture.
What is Hispaniola (Haiti)?
This man developed a better and cheaper way of making steel.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
This Italian inventor sent the first radio waves across the Atlantic in 1901?
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
Priest who began the revolt against the Spanish in Mexico, which eventually gained its independence in 1821.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo?
These two liberators of South America, were members of the Creole class who led armies against Spanish rule on the continent. Name one!
Who is Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin?
Following German Unification, Bismarck seized these two French provinces along the border which were very rich in natural resources.
What are Alsace and Lorraine?
A series of British turnpikes were named after this man who devised a new way to build them.
Who is John MacAdam?
This central European Empire remained largely agricultural leading up to World War I, where they were defeated and their empire was torn apart.
What is the Austro-Hungarian Empire?