6152373604 | Bourgeoisie | Term that Karl Marx used to describe the wealthy middle class. the oppressor, the haves | 0 | |
6152373607 | Caudillo | A military strongman who seized control of a government in 19th century Latin America | 1 | |
6152373611 | The Duma | The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the 1905 revolution | 2 | |
6152373614 | Labour Party | British working class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism | 3 | |
6152373615 | Latin American Export Boom | Large scale increase in Latin American exports ( to industrializing countries in the second half of the 19th century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle class | ![]() | 4 |
6152373617 | Lower middle class | Social stratum that developed in Britain in the 19th century and that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, secretaries, police officers, and the like; by 1900, this group comprised about 20 percent of Britain's population | 5 | |
6152373618 | Karl marx | The most influential proponent of socialism, Marx (1818-1883) was a German who promoted a classless society | 6 | |
6152373619 | Mexican Revolution | Long, bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfrio Diaz and created a new, much more democratic political order | 7 | |
6152373620 | Middle-class values | Belief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain in the 19th century, it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability" | 8 | |
6152373626 | Proletariat | Term that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class, oppressed, have nots | 9 | |
6152373627 | Russian Revolution of 1905 | Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms | 10 | |
6152442396 | Solution to emerging energy crisis | nonrenewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas replace the earlier reliance on renewable energy sources | 11 | |
6152455426 | Another name for the Industrial Revolution | Anthropocene | 12 |
AP World History Chapter 17 Flashcards
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