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8843907917what began to replace wind and water as energy sources for labor saving machinescoal and steam0
8843929573where did large numbers of people move to from the countrysideto cities for the factories1
8843932013where did the Industrial Revolution beginGreat Britain in 17502
8843939931improvements in agricultural practices in the 18th century led to whatmore food so now even ordinary british farms could spend money on things other than food3
8843946432the revolutions of the 17th century helped political power fall into the hands of whoa progressive group of people who favored innovation4
8843951054British exports __________ from 1660-1760quadrupled5
8844006452traditional methods of the _____ ______ could not keep up with the need for clothes so they sought new methodscottage industry6
8844019452flying shuttlemade weaving on a loom faster and doubled the output. But this led to shortages in yarn7
8844024691spinning jennycreated by James Hargreaves in 1768 which allowed spinners to produce more yarn8
8844028598steam enginecreated by a scottish engineer named James Watt. an engine powered by steam could pump water from mines three times as quickly as previous engines9
8844044955what did James Watt develop in 1782a rotary engine that could turn a shaft.10
8844069646cotton became one of Britains biggest products. how much did they import in 1760 vs. 1840?1760: 2.5 million pounds 1840: 366 million pounds11
8844072341Henry Cortdeveloped a system called puddling12
8844075677puddlingwhere coke (derived from coal) could be used to burn away impurities in pig iron and produce an iron of high quality13
8844089768in 1852 what was produced in Britain that was more than the rest of the world combinediron. they produced 3 million tons of it14
8844092786Richard Trevithick1804. pioneered the first steam powered locomotive on an industrial rail line in southern wales. it pulled ten tons of ore and 70 people at 5 miles an hour15
8844098303George Stephensonhim an his son build the Rocket which was used on the first public rail line in 1830. it went at 16 miles an hour and within 20 years it was at 50 mph16
8844137156true or false. britain now had 6000 miles of railroads. this led to a large effect on economy due to the many new job opportunitiestrue17
8844159821factory owners wanted loads of efficiency. so they created a new labor system. they instituted minute and detailed regulations. what were some of the things people could get fired forbeing late, going home early and getting drunk18
8844189090how were children disciplined in factoriesby beatings19
8844191820britain produced half of the worlds _________coal20
8844194053where were the first industrialized places in the continent of EuropeBelgium, France and German states21
8844201027true or false. continental business men were more enterprising that the British ones. they took a lot of risksfalse22
8844214950how did the continental countries achieve their technological independencethey started to establish a wide range of technical schools to train mechanics and such23
8844221505how was the government involved in the continental states of europe vs. britainin the states they were more involved. the often awarded grants to investors to make railroads24
8844227859Joint Stock Investment Bankbanks that pooled the savings of investors and created a supply of capital that could be plowed back into industry25
8844234638the most important system in America was the railroads, how many miles did they have27000 miles26
8844242659where did most of the labor for the factories in America come fromrural new england27
8844249989women were _____% of the labor force and factory owners often sought for families to work8028
8844253068Some European states like India and Russia did what during the industrial revolutionthey deliberately had a policy of preventing the growth of industry29
8844263506how did Europe thwart India's growthin the 18th century India was one of the greatest exports of cotton but in the 19th century it fell under the British East India Company and most weaver were unemployed30
8844294211Britains major city in the 1800's was London. what was its population in 1800 and 1850-one million -2,363,00031
8844301269what were the living conditions in Britain during the industrial revolution-they were small and crowded -sewers and open drains made unsanitary conditions -didn't really deal with human waste -soot everywhere32
8844310363cities were death traps in Great Britain. how did they keep survivingdue to the constant influx of people from the country33
8844317390what did the nw industrial class consist ofthe people who constructed, purchased and worked out factories. they were often greedy34
8844323591industrial proletariatfactory workers formed this class that was most of the working class35
8844329059where were some of the worst places to work in the industrial revolution-cotton mills: the temperature -coal mines: cave ins, explosions, gas fumes, short.36
8844336797how did Kids work in the industrial revolutionstheir labor was exploited. especially in cotton factories because they had delicate fingers. children were a cheap supply of labor. they were only paid 1/6-1/3 of what men made.37
8844351249in 1830 women and children made up 2/3 of the cotton industry. why did this changethe factory act of 1833 reduced child employees. But women took their place38
8844358358terrible conditions gave rise to a movement known as socialism. what is thisthis term was eventually associated with Marxist analysis of human society. but early socialism was largely the product of intellects who believed in the equality of all people39
8844366262utopian socialistsa name for people who believed in socialism. they were labeled this by people who thought socialism was impractical40
8844370353Robert OwenBritish cotton manufacturer who transformed a squalid factory town into a healthy community in New Lanark Scotland. but this failed in New Harmony Indiana41
8844379446trade unionsformed by skilled workers who wanted to gain decent wages and working conditions. some went on strike42
8844408497what was the most successful trade unionthe Amalgamated society of engineers in 1851. Its provisions of generous unemployment benefits in return for a small weekly payment was good43
8844427585what was the first major change in industrialization after 1870?the substitution of steel for iron. it was lighter, smaller and and created much faster machines and engines44
8844436542what was a new form of energy that could be converted into other formselectricity. the first commercially practical generators of electric current was in the 1870s45
8844446054when did hydroelectric power stations and coal fired steam generating plants enable homes to be tied into a single power sourc e191046
8844448778Thomas Edison and Briton Joseph Swancreated the lightbulb47
8844450826Alexander Graham Bellcreated the telephone in 187648
8844453128Guglielmo Marconisent first radio waves across the atlantic in 190149
8844462458the development of internal combustion engine, fired by oil and gas provided whatpower in transportation and led to ocean liners and airplanes50
8844465154Henry Fordrevolutionized the car industry with the model T51
8844474445Orville and Wilbur Wrightin Kitty Hawk NC, they made the first flight with a fixed wing airplane52
8844481812when was the first airplane passenger service191953
8844491852new consumer wages+lower prices=easier to buy consumer products54
8844495754who replaced Great Britain as industrial leader in EuropeGermany55
8844498567Europe was divided into 2 economic zones. what were they1. GB, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany and North Italy: advanced 2. South Italy, Austria Hungary, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans: all agricultural56
8844533736what led to incentives for investorshigh rates of returns like from Latin America to London with a 11.3% rate57
8844540928who dominated the world economy by the 20th centuryEurope58
8844549833Sergei Wittethe minister for finance of Russia. he pushed the government towards a program of railroad construction. he also made possible the rapid growth of modern steel and coal. He made Russia the 4th largest producer of Steel59
8844570559Russia was turning out half the worlds ___________oil60
8844573367Japan in the industrial revolutionthe imperial government took lead in promoting industry. they instituted a universal education system applied on science61
8844590384working class men argued they should keep women out of factories to ensure the moral well being of families. but if husbands were unemployed what did women ahve to dothey had to work low wage jobs62
8844597052true or false. the second industrial revolution led to open doors for womentrue63
8844630542the jobs offered what to women in the 2nd industrial revolutionmore freedom from domestic patterns. it was an escape from the physical labor of the lower class world64
8844633465Marxismfirst appeared on the eve of revolutions of 1848 with the publication of a short treatise called the communist manifesto65
8844643276communist manifestowritten by Marx and Friedrich Engels. they believed that the government was an instrument of the ruling class (the oppressors) and the ones dependent on them were the oppressed. believed society was splitting into bourgeoisie and proletariat66
8844679134German Social democratic partyespoused Marxist rhetoric while organizing itself as a mass political party competing in elections for Reichstag . they sought to pass legislation to improve social conditions and they grew67
8844727101what became the largest german party in 1912the social democratic party68
8844730113in 1889 leaders of social parties did whatformed an association of national socialist groups that would eventually become capitalism69
8844733332when is May Daymay first70
8844736067Marxist parties were divided over whatrevisionism71
8844738510what did pure marxists believe ina complete overthrow of capitalism72
8844740590revisionistsdid not believe in revolutionary socialism but of worker should organize mass political parities and work together to reform73
8844748687when did unions win the right to strike in Great Britain1870s74
8844755476the great powers of GB, Austria, Prussia and Russia did what in september of 1814the met at the congress of VIenna to arrange a final peace after the Napoleonic wars75
8844757987Prince Klemens Von Metternichaustrian foreign minister who became the leader of the congress of vienna. he claimed he was guided by the principle of legitimacy76
8844765199principle of legitamacybelieved they should restore the legitamate monarchs77
8844772173Metternich and his followers were representatives of the ideology known as conservatism. what did they believethey believed in political authority, having an organized religion, disliked revolutions and were unwilling to accept either the liberal demands for civil liberties78
8844777724concert of EuropeGreat Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria (later France) agreed to meet periodically in conferences to take steps that would maintain peace. they adopted intervention79
8844787880interventionasserting the right to send armies into countries where there were revolutions to restore legitimate monarchs to their thrones80
8844798975liberalismowed much to the enlightenment of the 18th century and the America/french revolutions. based on the idea that people should be as free from restraint as possible81
8844804902how were liberals not democratsliberals believed only white men who owned property should vote82
8844807338nationalismarose out of an awareness of being part of a community that has common customs. It became popular after the french revolution.83
8844815280in the 2nd half to the 19th century a louder what was formednationalism that divided people and caused competition84
8851929199In 1830 what did France establisha limited constitutional monarchy/bourgeois monarchy85
8851932193how did Great Britain avoid a revolutionwith a reform bill in 1832 which benefited a lot of upper middle class voters86
8851938759what three countries used nationalism to fight and which one was the only one that worked1. Belgium against the dutch (it worked) 2. Poles against the Russians (lost) 3. Italians against Austrians (lost)87
8851951480what about the government angered the members of the middle class in 1848 francetheir refusal to extend suffrage88
8851956679France overthrew their monarchy on February 24th, 1848. what did they establisha group of moderate and radical republicans established a provisional government and called for an election by universal male suffrage of a "constituent assembly" to create a constitution89
8851967651a new constitution for france established what on November fourth, 1848a 2nd republic with a single legislature elected to a 3 year term by universal male suffrage and a president elected to a four year term90
8851975721who won as president first in France's 2nd republic and what did he doCharles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon). four years later he became emperor and established an authoritarian regime91
8851990465what is the Vienna Settlementin 1815 it recognized the existence of 38 sovereign states in what was once the Holy Roman Empire92
8851994714frankfurt assemblyan all German parliament to fulfill a liberal and nationalist dream. but they failed because the members had no real means of compelling German rulers to call up a constitution and revolution failed93
8852008975the austrian empire consisted of many different nationalities. Germans were only _______% of the population even though they were dominant2594
8852023562eventually the foreign minister of Austrian, Metterich. which of the nationalities received their own legislature and armyhungary95
8852026329in 1848 which nationalities were suppressed by Austrian Military forcesCzech rebels in prague and rebels in Vienna96
8852038303Young Italya movement in Italy led to initially successful revolts. But in 1849 Austrains had reestablished complete control97
8852054034the Eastern Questiontroubled European diplomats on what they should do with the ottomans and their rebels98
8852060513who wanted to gain from the Ottoman empires downfall?Russia, Austria, France and Britain99
8852066790lead up to the Crimean war-greeks revolted against turks -france and british fleet destroyed a turkish fleet -russians declare war on Ottomans -Greece became an independent kingdom -Russia demands for the right to protect christian shrines in palestine and they refused100
8852079517Crimean war-Russians invaded Moldavia and Wallachia -war declared on october 4th 1853 -a year later Britain and france declared war on Russia -after a long siege the Main Russian fortress at Sevastopol fell -treaty of paris ended it101
8852095145the Crimean war was costly. what percent of people died from disease out of the 250,00060%102
8852096588Florence Nightingalea nurse who insisted on sanitary conditions that saved many and helped make nursing profession for women103
8852105756how did the Crimean War destroy the concert of powersaustria was now an enemy because they helped Russia. Russia withdrew from politics for 20 years. Great Britain left it and Austria was without enemies. So Italy and Germany unified104
8852116776who were the first to benefit from the breakdown of the concert of european powersitaly105
8852123080King Victor Emmanuel the 2nd and Camillo Di Cavourking named count Camillo prime minister in 1852. he pursued a policy of economic expansion that increased gov. revenues and enabled a large army. he made an ally of french emperor Louis Napoleon and then provoked austria to invade. He defeated the Austrians106
8852145550Giuseppe Garibaldiraised an Italian army of 1000 volunteers called the red shirts. they moved upwards and when Naples fell he turned his conquests over to Cavours forces107
8852153807how did the new kingdom of Italy grow-in the Austro Prussian war they got Venetia -in the Franco-Prussian war they got Rome which became the capital108
8852160973who did King William the first appoint as prime minister in Prussia in the 1860s and whyOtto Von Bismarck. the legislative refused to levy new taxes and he new Bismarck would ignore their refusals109
8852181695who was the ultimate realist, the practitioner of realpolitik (politics of reality)Otto Von Bismarck110
8852203171Prussia, after their loss to the Austrians in 1866, began to organize the German states north of the main river as whatNorth German Confederation111
8852209515true or false. southern german states remained independent but made alliances with Prussia out of fear of Francetrue112
8852217923why did Prussia and France get into a fight in 1870over the candidacy of a relative of the Prussian king for the throne of spain. Bismarck manipulated them into war and then sided with Prussia113
8852231077who won the war between France and PrussiaPrussian armies advanced at Sedan and captured a french army and Napoleon the third himself. Paris was caught later and france had to pay an indemnity of 5 billion francs114
8852246139after the south states agreed to join the north german confederation. who was proclaimed the emperor/kaiser of the 2nd German EmpireWilliam the first in the hall of mirrors in Louis XIV's palace at Versailles115
8852253814what did the Prussian leadership of German unification meanthe triumph of authoritarian militaristic values over liberal, constitutional settlements in the development of a german state116
8852280135who represented the british sense of national prideQueen Victoria (the victorian age in the mid 19th century )117
8852287066Tories and Whigsthe tories (liberals) talked of passing additional reform legislation but the tories (conservatives) carried it out in britain118
8852293055Benjamin Disraelitory leader who helped the reform act of 1867 which was an important step to a democracy119
8852300781the election of right to vote forced whatthe liberals and conservatives to organize to manipulate the electorate120
8852312500France: 4 years of Louis Napoleons election he turned to the people to restore the empire in britain so what did he do97% of the people liked the idea. so he took the title of Napoleon the third121
8852325584true or false. the first five years of Napoleon the thirds reign was horrible. iron production was low and the construction of Paris was stoppedfalse. iron production was 3x as much and he undertook the construction of paris122
8852360664when did Napoleon the third opposition grow so what did he doin the 1860s. e gave the legislative corps more say in affairs of the state and he liberalized his rule.123
8852376481on may 1870 on whether to accept a new constitution to inaugurate a parliamentary regime, the french gave napoleon another victory. but war with Prussia brought Napoleon out and what was establisheda republic124
8852388186Ausgleicha compromise made in 1867. it created a dual monarchy of Austria and Hungary125
8852395546who held the Austrian Hungary compromise togetherFrancis Joseph. he was an emperor of Austria and the king of Hungary but this did not satisfy all nationalities126
8852408275the defeat in the crimean wars caused Tsar Alexander the 2nd to make reforms such as the emancipation edict. what is thisthe biggest problem in russia was the serfdom. so this allowed peasants to own land and marry. the government would buy land from landlords and give it to the peasants even though the land was often inadequate and this led to unhappy peasants127
8852462908how were peasants not completely free with the emancipation edictthey had to pay state in long term installments and to ensure payment peasants were subject to the authority of the mir128
8852468040mirvillage commune in russia who were often reluctant to let the peasants leave their land129
8852474830a group of radicals killed Alexander the 2nd in 1881. who took overhis the Alexander the 3rd who turned against reforms130
8852481662mainly where did Mass politics become realwestern European states131
8852495006by 1918 who could vote in Great Britainall males above 21 and women above 30132
8852499338in 1871 what type of system did Great Britain have2 party parliamentary system133
8852511377the growth of trade unions and the emergence of the labor party caused the liberals to realize whatthey they would have to create a program of social welfare or lose the support of workers so they voted for a series of reforms134
8852527691national insurance act of 1911provided benefits for workers. additional legislation provided small pension for britons over the age of 70 and compensation for those injured.this was the first step towards welfare135
8852544774in 1875 France, they established a republican form of government that consisted of what-legislative -upper house -senate -chamber of deputies -a president -a premier(prime minister)136
8852554112premiera french prime minister who was not responsible to the president137
8852565230why was France's third parliamentary system weakit had dozens of political parties who forced the premier to depend on the coalition of parties to stay in power138
8852574103what thwarted the senses of national unity in francesectional differences139
8852577396the constitution of the new imperial germany in 1871 provided a whatbicameral legislature140
8852584663reichstaglower house of german parliament elected on male suffrage141
8852593547by the end of Emperor William the 2nds reign how many people worked in industry vs. agriculture50% in industry and 30% in agriculture142
88526098142 powerful groups supported William the 2nds activist policy to avoid democracy in germany. what were theyanti socialist and anti liberal143
8852612534anti-semitismdenouncing the jews as the destroyers of a german national community144
8852632028true or false. nationalities of austria wanted autonomy despite the universal male suffragetrue145
8852645238WesternizersRussian intellectuals who believed that the western ways were the solutions to russians problems146
8852648343slavophilesmaintained the russian tsarist system were superior to west147
8852651885anarchistsbelieved that small groups of well trained fanatical revolutionaries could perpetrate so much violence that the state and all its institutions would disintegrate . they favored assassination and killed tsar alexander the 2nd148
8852694654where did the Marxist social democratic power hold its first congressin Minsk in 1898s but the arrest of its leaders made the next one in brussels in 1903149
8852705482when did the growing opposition to the tsar explode into revolution1905150
8852712102how did Nicholas the 2nd stop the revolution or hold it off in russiahe granted civil liberties and created the puma (legislative assembly)151
8852731809fearful of a possible anti-german alliance, Bismark made an alliance with whoAustria hungary and they both agreed to help each other in an attack from Russia and later italy joined (Triple alliance)152
8852749967who took over the direction of Germany's foreign policy and dropped the treaty with RussiaEmperor William the 2nd153
8852753810Triple EntenteFrance, Russia and Britain who made an alliance in 1907154
8852762308in 1861 Moldova and Wallachia formed what but it was not recognized as independent until Russians defeat of the ottomansRomania155
8852780582in 1908 Austria did what to the slavic speaking people of Bosnia and Herzegovinaannexed them156
8852789453the annexation of slavic speaking people by the austrians angered who and whySerbia because they wanted a large Serbian kingdom but that is exactly why the Austrians annexed them157
8852806802the russians supported the serbians and slavic speaking people but why did they back down?William the 2nd demanded that Russia accept the annexation or they would face war with Germany. so they backed down but declared revenge on them158
8852816332the serbian nationalists blamed who for the lack of the Serbian kingdomthe persians159

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