Industrialization Flashcards
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25593884 | Capitalism | Economic theory of maintaining balance of exports and imports. The opposite of socialism and communism. | 0 | |
25593885 | Cosmopolitanism | Urban growth during the agricultural revolution. It dealt with the migration from rural to urban areas. | 1 | |
25593886 | Chartist movement | Agitation against poor laws-working class discontent. | 2 | |
25593887 | Combination Acts | 1799 and 1800-made trade unionism illegal. | 3 | |
25593888 | The Communist Manifesto (1848) | Pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and became the basis of Socialism. | 4 | |
25593889 | Corn Laws | 1815 tariff on imported grain to protect domestic producers. Repealed in 1846. | 5 | |
25593890 | Factory Act | Created factory workday for children between 9-13 to 8 hours a day. Not applicable to home. Outlawed child labor under 9-factory owners establish schools. Destroyed family unit. | 6 | |
25593891 | Industrialization | New inventions, cotton and iron-changed small businesses beyond all recognition. New inventions improved production and abolished cottage industry. | 7 | |
25593892 | Poor Law (1834) | gave aid to the poor. | 8 | |
25593893 | Tory | Political party in Britain controlled by aristocracy. | 9 | |
25593894 | Whig | British party more responsive to commercial and manufacturing interests. | 10 | |
25593895 | Zollverein | Economic custom union of German states, founded in 1818 by Prussia. Eliminated internal tariffs. | 11 | |
25593896 | Bundesrat | The federal council of Austrian government. | 12 | |
25593897 | Carbonari | A secret society; designated to overthrow Bonapartist rulers; they were liberal patriots. | 13 | |
25593898 | Carlsbad Decrees (1819) | It discouraged liberal teachings in southern Germany. Censorship imposed by Metternich. | 14 | |
25593899 | Father Hidalgo | Mexican priest who helped establish the independence movement. Eventually he was captured and executed. | 15 | |
25593900 | Mestizos | People of mixed European and Indian blood. | 16 | |
25593901 | Mulattoes | The child from a relationship between a black and a white person. Generally a mulatto has light brown skin. | 17 |