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Industrial Revolution - AP World History Flashcards

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5971316727Crystal Palacelocation of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London, an architectural masterpiece made of glass an iron0
5971320003Iron law of wagestheory proposed by David Ricardo suggesting that population growth prevents wages from rising above subsistence level1
5971325533Tariff Protectiongovernment's way of supporting its own economy by laying high taxes on imported goods from other countries2
5971329590Factory Act of 1833English law that led to decline in the employment of children; limited hours that children over age nine could work, banned employment of children under age nine3
5971345647Separate spheresgender division of labor with the wife at home as mother and homemaker and husband as wage-earner4
5971347674Mines Act of 1842English law prohibiting underground work for all women and girls/boys under ten5
5971353266Ludditiesgroup of handicraft workers who attacked factories in northern England in 1811 and smashed new machines that believed put them out of work6
5971356808Class-consciousnessan individual's sense of class differentiation, a term introduced by Karl Marx7
5971361084Congress of Viennameeting of Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain, France ), held in 1814-1815 for a general peace settlement to defeat Napoleonic France8
5971369548Conservatisma political philosophy that stressed retaining traditional values and institutions, including a hereditary monarchy and a strong aristocracy9
5971374657Liberalismphilosophy that stressed equality and liberty; demanded representative government and equality before the law, freedom of press, speech assembly, and arbitrary arrest10
5971385457Laissez Fairedoctrine of economic liberalism advocating unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy11
5971388872Nationalismidea that each people had its own genius and its own cultural unity, which manifested itself in common language and history, serve as basis for an independent political state12
5971394088Socialismradical political doctrine that opposed individualism and the fragmentation of society that advocated international cooperation/sense of community, key ideas were economic planning, economic equality, state regulation of property13
5971400509Bourgeoisiewell-educated, prosperous, middle-class groups14
5971403644Zionismmovement toward Jewish political nationhood started by Theodor Herzl15
5971409943Revisionismeffort by various socialists to update Marxist doctrines to reflect realities of the time16

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