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64143543SuffrageThe civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right0
64143544Karl MarxGerman journalist and philosopher, founder of the Marxist branch of socialism. And created two known books: The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital(1894)1
64143545ProletariatName given by Marx to the working class, a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages2
64143546Otto Von BismarckA Prussian/German statesman of the late 19th century, and a dominant figure in world affairs.3
64143547Industrial RevolutionThe change in social and economic organization that resulted from the replacement of hand tools with machines and from the development of large-scale industrial production4
64143548BritainCountry which led the Industrial Revolution and maintained industrial leadership until the mid 19th century5
64143549TextilesFabrics that are woven or knitted; material for clothing6
64143550Cotton ginInvented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand and helped increase production7
64143551working conditionsThe conditions of what citizens had to work through were known as working conditions.8
64143552factory ownersLed factory system, controled all aspects of workers' lives9
64143553labor unionsOrganization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals such as wages, hours, and working conditions, forming a cartel of labor.10
64143554spinning jennyA machine created in 1764 by James Hargreaves. A multi-spool spinning wheel that increase efficiency because it had up to 8 or 9 spools allowing more threads and colors and increases productivity for the cottage system11
64143555Commodore Matthew PerryThe Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.12
64143556First War for Independence/ Sepoy RebellionIndian Rebellion of 1857, mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army, and erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India.The rebellion posed a considerable threat to Company power in that region.13
64143557Henry Morton StanleyBritish journalist and explorer; discovered origin of the Congo River and explored Congo territory of King Leopold II14
64143558NationalismLoyalty and devotion to a particular nationality.15
64143559William I of PrussiaPrussian king who became emperor of Germany after the Franco-Prussian War.16
64143560ZionismA movement founded in the 1890s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.17
64143561Alfred DreyfusA French artillery officer of Jewish background whose trial and conviction in 1894, charges of treason,was one of the most tense political dramas in modern French and European history.18
64143562Social DarwinismThe application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.19
64143563Crimean WarWar between Ottomon Empire, France, GB, Piedmon-Sardinia. Proved Russia incapable of being a dominant power in Europe; paved the road for social reform & national unification in Europe20
64143564Opium WarsKnown as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, were the climax of trade disputes and diplomatic difficulties between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire21
64143565ExtraterritorialityRight of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation.22

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