Industrial Revolution/Nationalism/Imperialism

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1. Industrial Revolution movement in the 1800s that began in England; Machines replaced hand work
2. Enclosure farmers in England in the 18th century began "enclosing their farms" to experiment with crops and animals
3. Crop rotation rotating crops to better land; resulted in larger harvest in the 1800s
4. Entrepreneur person who begins a business
5. cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney; made slavery an institution in American Southeast
6. Union group of workers in the same industry that unite to push for higher pay and better working conditions
7. Factory Act of 1833 first law to protect child workers in England
8. Mines Act of 1842 piece of legislation passed in Great Britain in 1842 which was a response to the dangerous working conditions revealed in a Royal Commission report, set up by Sir Robert Peel
9. Laissez-faire government belief that the government should not interfere in private business practices
10. water frame patented by Richard Arkwright; spinning frame that could produce stronger threads for yarns; the first powered, automatic, continuous textile machine; enabled move away from home manufacturing towards factory production of textiles
11. Spinning Jenny invented c 1764 by James Hargreaves; reduced amount of work needed to produce yarn; worker could produce eight or more spools at once
12. John Kay patented a flying shuttle that increased the speed of the weaving process (1733)
13. Eli Whitney inventor of the Cotton Gin and interchangeable parts
14. James Watt made improvements to the steam engine
15. George Stephenson English civil engineer and mechanical engineer, built first public railway line to use steam locomotives; Father of Railways
16. Samuel Slater early American industrialist known as "Father of American Industrial Revolution" or "Father of American Factory System"
17. Bourgeoisie upper middle class consisting of professionals and industrialists
18. Boxer Rebellion Chinese revolt against western influence and presence; finally put down but not until the deaths of many Europeans within China
19. colonization act or process of establishing a colony or colonies
20. communism political and economic policy that supports no private property with all assets to be owned by the people as a group
21. suffrage the right to vote
22. realism movement which promotes looking at the world as it really exists
23. dual monarchy government of Austria-Hungary where the emperor was recognized as the leader of both states yet each state had a separate parliament
24. corporation company which is owned by a number of individuals, all who have purchased stock
25. emigration to leave a country in order to reside in another
26. immigration enter a new country in order to set up residence
27. imperialism movement to dominate non-industrialized regions of the world in order to gain raw resources and have a ready market for manufacturing goods
28. Kaiser emperor of Germany
29. Muslim League political organization of India and Pakistan, founded in 1906 as the All-India Muslim League by Aga Khan III
30. Opium War wars fought between China and Britain over the British trade in opium
31. Proletariat urban working poor
32. protectorate relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls
33. Roosevelt Corollary declaration made by President Theodore Roosevelt in December 1904 authorizing the U.S. intervention of neighboring American countries in order to counter threats posed to U.S. security and interests
34. Russo-Japanese War war between Russia and japan over control of Chinese territories
35. Second Reich second unification of Germany, after firsts Reich, which was the Holy Roman Empire (1871-1918)
36. Seven Weeks War war between Prussia & Austria, Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, and allied German states; resulted in Prussian Victory, also called Austro-Prussian War
37. Socialism political and economic philosophy which supports the sharing of wealth
38. Spanish-American War 1898, between U.S. and Spain; resulted in Spain ceding Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the U.S. and abandoning claims to Cuba
39. Sphere of Influence territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation
40. stock represents part ownership in a corporation
41. Suez Canal man-made waterway which was built to join the Red Sea with the Mediterranean
42. Third Republic French government 1870-1940, marked by social stability, industrialization, and establishment of a professional civil service
43. Meiji Restoration post Tokugawa Shounate period in which the power of the Shogun was taken away in favor of the Emperor
44. Taiping Rebellion most destructive civil war during the Qing dynasty; failed due to internal disagreement
45. Romanticism literary movement which stressed following your emotions and heart to determine your actions
46. The Eastern Question uncertainty of the fact of the failing Ottoman Empire
47. Manifest Destiny idea that it is the natural right of the U. S. to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific
48. Social Darwinism philosophy which supported an industrialized nation's right to dominate and abuse if desired another nation which is weaker
49. Nationalism love and glorification of one's state
50. unification of Germany process in the late 19th century in which the 36 German states were unified under Prussian leadership
51. Open door policy demand of the U.S. that China and Japan open their doors to the U.S. for trade
52. Crimean War war in which France and Britain fought the Russians over the Russian encroachment into the Ottoman Empire
53. Sino-Japanese War war between China and Japan over Korea
54. Unification of Italy process in the late 19th century in which Piedmont-Sardinia's chancellor Count Camillo Cavour manipulated and militarily dominated the Italian city-states resulting in one united Italian state
55. Karl Marx father of communism
56. Bismarck Chancellor of Prussia who through the process of war and diplomatic policy united the German states of the Confederation into one united Germany
57. Napoleon III emperor of the 2nd French Empire who was forced to abdicate as a result of the Franco-Prussian War
58. Kipling famous English writer, 1865-1936, born in India, wrote the Jungle Book
59. Boers Dutch colonists or descendants of Dutch colonists
60. Zulu member of the Bantu people of southeast Africa, primarily inhabiting northeast Natal province in South Africa
61. Matthew Perry U.S. Commodore who persuaded the Chinese and Japanese governments to open their doors to U.S. trade
62. Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States, adopted the Roosevelt Corollary
63. Liliuokalani Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the U.S. (1838-1917)
64. Morse American artist, later invented the Morse code (1791-1872)
65. Fulton built and sailed steam-engine powered Clermont, and another dozen similar steamships (1765-1815)
66. Robert Owen wrote A New View of Society, established several utopian communities, welsh manufacturer, set up innovative social and industrial welfare programs, including housing and schools for young children
67. Robert Dale Owen U.S. social reformer, Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced a bill establishing the Smithsonian Institution, U.S. minister to Italy
68. Friedrich Engels socialist who worked with Karl Marx on his history of communism
69. Charles Darwin English botanist who developed the Theory of Evolution
70. Wilheim I first emperor of a United Germany
71. Sun-yat-Sen father of Chinese Nationalism