AP World History - Strayer Chapter 17 Flashcards

13533540571	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
13533540572	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
13533540573	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
13533540574	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
13533540575	Karl Marx	Karl Marx a philosopher and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism	4
13533540576	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
13533540577	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
13533540578	Proletariat	the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population	7
13533540579	Bourgeoisie	owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople"	8
13533540580	Socialism in the US	minor political movement in the United States	9
13533540581	Progressives	advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization	10
13533540582	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	11
13533540583	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	12
13533540584	Caudillos	strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America	13
13533540585	Dependent development	Latin America's economic growth financed by foreign capital, dependent on European and North American	14
13533550912	Ellen Johnston	A Scottish factory worker and poet who wrote about the inequalities and exploitation of industrial life and called on the "master of the mill" to behave in a benevolent fashion toward his employees.	15