TERMS & NAMES
The economic policy of letting industry owners and businesses set working conditions without interference.
What is laissez faire?
The reason people flocked to British cities and towns during the Industrial Revolution.
What is to find jobs in factories?
How factory merchants viewed their workers
What is property or tools?
Jethro Tull invented this in 1701.
What is the seed drill?
In his book The Wealth of Nations, he argued that if individuals freely followed their own self interest, the world would be an orderly and progressive place.
Who is Adam a Smith?
A Jewish movement for the establishment and development of the State of Israel that began in the 1890’s.
What is Zionism?
The Civil War sped up America’s industrialization by creating this
What is mass production and distribution of goods?
In Ireland, 1 million people died and 1.5 million people emigrated.
What was the impact of the Great Famine?
A recording device invented by Thomas Edison.
What is the phonograph?
This former lawyer promised to stop the spread of slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
British rule after India came under the The British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria.
What is Raj?
Colonies, protectorates, spheres of influence and economic imperialism
What is forms of imperial rule?
This man was a plantation owner who wanted the US to annex Hawai for his own benefit
Who is Sanford Dole?
This invention for the masses would be affordable and reliable for average Americans and this guy began building them in 1903
Who is Henry Ford and the car?
A war correspondent who escaped from a South African prison and later became the Prime mininter
Who is Winston Churchill?
The US declared that China’s “doors” be open to merchants of all nations in 1899
What is the Open Door Policy?
Japan began its quest to build an empire by gaining control of this neighbor
What is Korea?
This word was omitted from the original slogan showing a lack of interest in freedom for all.
What is Diaz’s slogan “Order and Progress”?
This invention by John Kay greatly increased the productivity of weavers
What is the flying shuttle?
This man justified his use of violence against the Mexican people by claiming it was the only way to establish peace and order in Mexico
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
A hero of the Mandingo people with an empire compared to the great Mali empire of the 1300’s
Who is Samori Touré?
The Dutch East India Trading Company and the British East India Company both practiced this
What is economic imperialism?
Some Americans wanted to join Europeans in these activities; others thought it violated the ideas of democracy
What is imperialism and colonization?
This invention by Singer improved the sewing machine
What is a foot treadle?
Hawaii’s only queen and the last monarch of Hawaii
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?