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| 8960469003 | steam engine | steam engine Mechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of the steam engine allowed a increase in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible; Invented by James Watt |  | 0 |
| 8960469004 | Indian Cotton Textiles | well-made and inexpensive cotton textiles from India; competition stimulated the British textile industry to industrialize, led to the eventual destruction of the Indian textile market in Europe and India |  | 1 |
| 8960469005 | Middle class Values | middle-class values Belief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability" |  | 2 |
| 8960469006 | lower middle class | Developed in nineteenth century that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, secretaries, police officers, and the like; by 1900, about 20 percent of Britain's population |  | 3 |
| 8960469007 | Karl Marx | Karl Marx a philosopher and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism |  | 4 |
| 8960469008 | Labour Party | Working-class political party in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, viable alternative to the emphasis of Marxism |  | 5 |
| 8960469009 | Latin American export boom | Large-scale increase in Latin American exports (mostly raw materials and foodstuffs) to industrializing countries in the second half of the nineteenth century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle classes |  | 6 |
| 8960469010 | Proletariat | the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population |  | 7 |
| 8960469011 | Bourgeoisie | owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople" |  | 8 |
| 8960469012 | Socialism in the US | minor political movement in the United States | 9 | |
| 8960469013 | Progressives | advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization |  | 10 |
| 8960469014 | Russian Revolution of 1905 | Russia's defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms |  | 11 |
| 8960469015 | Mexican Revolution | Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Díaz and create a new democratic order |  | 12 |
| 8960469016 | Caudillos | strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America |  | 13 |
| 8960469017 | Dependent development | Latin America's economic growth financed by foreign capital, dependent on European and North American |  | 14 |
