Lesson 1
Money available for investment
What is capital?
The right of all males to vote in elections
A popular vote
What is plebiscite?
A strong leader who ruled chiefly by military force
What is a caudillo?
Indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration.
What is secularization?
A method of production in which tasks are done by individuals in their rural homes
What is a cottage industry?
An empire in which people of many nationalities live
What is multinational empire?
The reliance on military strength
What is militarism?
A person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently
What is a creole?
The principle that some organisms are more adaptable to the environment than others.
What is natural selection?
Why was coal production so important during the Industrial Revolution?
It was needed to run steam engines and make coal
The ideal/attitude that sparked revolts and revolutionary outbursts in the 1830s and 40s
nationalism
Name 1 reason Great Britain remained stable and did not experience any revolts.
gave industrial middle class men the right to vote, had economic growth, and made some reforms
Who were the 2 leaders of the liberation of Latin America from Spain?
Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar
Mirroring the artist's imagination more closely reflects which artistic style?
romanticism
What was an important aspect that sped up industrialization in Europe and the United States?
railroads
What was the Frankfurt Assembly trying to achieve?
German unification
The main outcome of the Crimean War
destroyed the Concert of Europe and left Russia and/or Austria without allies
What weakened Spain and Portugal's colonies in Latin America and allowed the revolts to begin?
Napoleon overthrew their monarchies in Europe and was creating the Grand Empire
Name 1 realist author who used his works to criticize aspects of 19th century life.
Charles Dickens or Gustave Flaubert
Name 3 reasons Great Britain lead the way in the Industrial Revolution
1. had the resources 2. Agricultural Revolution 3. food surplus 4. had supply of markets 5. enough money to support new machinery and factories
What was the Austrian government's plan after agreeing to make reforms the first time?
It was more of a distraction and their real goal was to take back control of the nations.
When Austria-Hungary became one empire, what were 2 things they shared and 2 things that were separate?
Shared- army, financial system, monarch
Separate- constitution, legislature, government, and capital
Describe the influence Europe and foreign investors had on the Latin American economy.
It kept Latin America in a cycle of reliance on Western countries for manufactured goods.
Why were people becoming more secular during this period in history?
They were beginning to look more towards science for answers to their questions rather than looking to their faith.