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342960912population revolutionhuge growth in population in Western Europe beginning about 1730; prelude to industrialization0
342960913proto-industrializationpreliminary shift away from an agricultural economy; workers become full or part-time producers who work at home in a capitalist system in which materials, work, orders, and sales depend on urban merchants; prelude to the Industrial Revolution1
342960914American Revolutionrebellion of the British American Atlantic seaboard colonies; ended with the formation of the independent United States2
342960915French Revolutionoverthrow of the Bourbon monarchy through a revolution beginning in 1789; created a republic and eventually ended with napoleon's French empire; the source of many liberal movements and constitutions in Europe3
342960916Louis XVIBourbon ruler of France who was executed during the radical phase of the French Revolution4
342960917Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizenadopted during the French Revolution; proclaimed the equality of French citizens; became a source document for later liberal movements5
342960918guillotineintroduced as a method of humane execution; utilized during the French Revolution against thousands of individuals, especially during the Reign of Terror6
342960919Robespierreleader of the radical phase of the French Revolution; presided over the Reign of Terror; arrested and executed by moderate revolutionaries7
342960920Napoleon Bonapartearmy officer who rose in rank during the wars of the French Revolution; ended the democratic phase of the revolution; became emperor; deposed and exiled in 18158
342960921Congress of Viennamet in 1815 after the defeat of France to restore the European balance of power9
342960922liberalismpolitical ideology that flourished in 19th-century western Europe; stressed limited state interference in private life, representation of the people in government; urged importance of constitutional rule and parliaments10
342960923radicalsfollowers of a 19th-century western European political emphasis; advocated broader voting rights than liberals; urged reforms favoring the lower classes11
342960924socialismpolitical ideology in 19th-century Europe; attacked private property in the name of equality; wanted state control of the means of production and an end to the capitalistic exploitation of the working class12
342960925nationalismEuropean 19th-century viewpoint; often allied with other "isms"; urged the importance of national unity; valued a collective identity based on ethnic origins13
342960926Greek revolutionrebellion of the Greeks against the Ottoman Empire in 1920; a key step in the disintegration of the Turkish Balkan empire14
342960927French Revolution of 1830second revolution against the Bourbon dynasty; a liberal movement which created a bourgeois government under a moderate monarchy15
342960928Belgian Revolution of 1830produced Belgian independence from the Dutch; established a constitutional monarchy16
342960929Reform Bill of 1832British legislation that extended the vote to most male members of the middle class17
342960930James Wattdevised a steam engine in the 1770s that could be used for production in many industries; a key step in the Industrial Revolution18
342960931factory systemintensification of all of the processes of production at a single site during the Industrial Revolution; involved greater organization of labor and increased discipline19
342960932Ludditesworkers in Britain who responded to the replacement of their labor by machines during the Industrial Revolution by attempting to destroy machines; named after the fictional worker Ned Ludd20
342960933Chartist Movementunsuccessful attempt by British artisans and workers to gain the vote during the 1840s21
342960934French Revolution of 1848overthrew the French monarchy established in 1830; briefly established the 2nd French Republic22
342960935Revolutions of 1848the nationalist and liberal movements within the Habsburg Empire (Italy, Germnay, Austria, Hungary); after temporary success they were suppressed23
342960936Louis Pasteurdiscoverer of germs and of the purifying practice named after him24
342960937Benjamin DisraeliBritish politician; granted the vote to working-class males in 1967; and example of conservative politicians keeping stability through reform25
342960938Camillo di Cavoirarchitect of Italian unification in 1858; created a constitutional Italian monarchy under the King of Piedmont26
342960939Otto von Bismarckconservative prime minister of Prussia; architect of German unification under the Prussian king in 1871; utilized liberal reforms to maintain stability27
342960940American Civil War (1861-1865)fought to prevent secession of the southern states; the first war to incorporate the products and techniques of the Industrial Revolution; resulted in the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the United States28
342960941transformismopolitical system in Italy that allied conservatives and liberals in support of the status quo29
342960942"social question"issues relating to workers and women, in western Europe during the Industrial Revolution; became more critical than constitutional issues after 187030
342960943Karl MarxGerman socialist who saw history as a class struggle between groups out of power and those controlling the means of production; preached the inevitability of social revolution and the creation of a proletarian dictatorship31
342960944revisionismsocialist thought that disagreed with Marx's formulation; believed that social and economic progress could be achieved through existing political institutions32
342960945feminist movementssought legal and economic gains for women, among them equal access to professions and higher education; came to concentrate on the right to vote; won initial support from middle-class women33
342960946mass leisure culturean aspect of the later Industrial Revolution; decreased time at work and offered opportunities for new forms of leisure time, such as vacation trips and team sports34
342960947Charles Darwinbiologist who developed the theory of evolution of species; argued that all living forms evolved through the successful ability to adapt in a struggle for survival35
342960948Albert Einsteinformulated mathematical theories to explain the behavior of planetary motion and the movement of electrical particals; about 1900 issued the theory of relativity36
342960949Sigmund FreudViennese physician who developed theories of the workings of the human unconscious; argued that behavior is determined by impulses37
342960950Romanticism19th-century western European artistic and literary movement; held that emotion and impression, not reason, were the keys to the mysteries of human experience and nature; sought to portray passions, not clam reflection38
342960951American exceptionalismhistorical argument that the development of the United States was largely individualistic and that contact with Europe was incidental to American formation39
342960952Triple Alliancealliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th century; part of the European balance of power system before World War I40
342960953Triple Ententeagreement between Britain, Russia, and France in 1907; part of the European balance of power system before World War I41
342960954Balkan nationalismmovements to create independent states and reunite ethnic groups in the Balkans; provoked crises within the European alliance system that ended with the outbreak if World War I42

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