AP World History Chapter 17 Flashcards

6152373604	Bourgeoisie	Term that Karl Marx used to describe the wealthy middle class. the oppressor, the haves	0
6152373607	Caudillo	A military strongman who seized control of a government in 19th century Latin America	1
6152373611	The Duma	The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the 1905 revolution	2
6152373614	Labour Party	British working class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism	3
6152373615	Latin American Export Boom	Large scale increase in Latin American exports ( to industrializing countries in the second half of the 19th century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle class	4
6152373617	Lower middle class	Social stratum that developed in Britain in the 19th century and that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, secretaries, police officers, and the like; by 1900, this group comprised about 20 percent of Britain's population	5
6152373618	Karl marx	The most influential proponent of socialism, Marx (1818-1883) was a German who promoted a classless society	6
6152373619	Mexican Revolution	Long, bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfrio Diaz and created a new, much more democratic political order	7
6152373620	Middle-class values	Belief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain in the 19th century, it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability"	8
6152373626	Proletariat	Term that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class, oppressed, have nots	9
6152373627	Russian Revolution of 1905	Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms	10
6152442396	Solution to emerging energy crisis	nonrenewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas replace the earlier reliance on renewable energy sources	11
6152455426	Another name for the Industrial Revolution	Anthropocene	12