AP World History Week 21 21-30 Flashcards

12530706264	Romanticism	a literary and artistic movement in the 19th century Europe; emphasized emotion over reason.	0
12530706265	Urban Populations and Environments	sudden population growth was only one of the problems encountered by industrialized urban areas in the West and in Japan. Water supplies were contaminated by human sewage and industrial waste. The dark skies resulting from coal-produced smoke hovering over industrial cities contributed to frequent cases of rickets, a disease of the bones caused by underexposure to light.	1
12530708125	Spanish American War	(1898) Conflict between the United States and Spain that began the rise of the United States as a world power.	2
12530710299	U.S. Battleship Maine	exploded in Havana harbor, the United States went to war against Spain.	3
12530715078	Porfirio Diaz	in 1876, was elected president of Mexico. For the next 35 years, he continued the economic growth of the rule of his predecessor, Benito Juarez. He encouraged foreign investment, industries, and exports. In contrast to other Latin American countries such as Argentina and Brazil, Mexico was not the destination of many other immigrants; its population therefore, was largely native. Opponents of Diaz were arrested or exiled and election fraud was common.	4
12530721413	Mexican Revolution	in 1910 in Mexico, the middle class began a movement for election reform. It escalated into a 10-year-long rebellion. The rebellion ended in a new constitution that guaranteed land reform, limited foreign investments, restricted church ownership of property and reformed education.	5
12530717468	Assimilation	the name of plan to make Native American part of white culture.	6
12530722834	Manifest Destiny	The belief that the U.S. should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean.	7
12530723074	Bi-mentallism	the backing money with silver and gold	8
12530727170	Annex	to take over or add a territory	9