AP World History - Strayer Chapter 17 Flashcards

9012245126	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
9012245127	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
9012245128	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
9012245129	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
9012245130	Karl Marx	Karl Marx a philosopher and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism	4
9012245131	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
9012245132	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
9012245135	Socialism in the US	minor political movement in the United States	7
9012245136	Progressives	advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization	8
9012245137	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	9
9012245138	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	10
9012245139	Caudillos	strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America	11
9012245140	Dependent development	Latin America's economic growth financed by foreign capital, dependent on European and North American	12
9012249218	Ellen Johnston	1853: factory worker and poet, born into working class family, worked in textile mills, resistance to domesticity, stood up for herself, single mom at age 17	13