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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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03/24/2009

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Russo Turkish War
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1. War 2. Austria/Russia 3. 2nd half of the 19th century 4. Serbia became independent
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Three Emperors League
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1. Defensive alliance- Russia, Austria, and Germany 2. Western Europe 3. 2nd half of the 19th century. 4. Kept germany safe
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Otto von Bismark
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1. Prussian/German Chief Minister 2. Germany 3. 2nd half of 19th century 4. unified Germany said by "iron and blood"
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Revisionist
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1. Socialist 2. end of 19th century 3. western europe 4. proclaimed necessity of violent struggle no longer existed because they could defend rights of workers by peaceful means
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James Watt
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1. a scottish engineer and machine maker 2. england 3. 2nd half of 18th century 4. perfected the steam engine, which allowed building of factories everywhere
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David Ricardo
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1. English economist 2. 1st half of 19th century 3. england 4. thought the gov't should NOT interfere on the side of workers. he predicted that workers would remain poor and his prediction did not come true.
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Karl Marx
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1. German economist and philosopher 2. germany 3. 19th century 4. wanted to eliminate conflict: workers who work in factor should control factor
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Communist Manifesto
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1. Karl Marx's pamphlet 2. germany 3. 1st half of the 19th century 4. stated workers victor was inevitable. the combo of optimistic belief and appearance of scientific certainity made marxism appealing to many intellectuals in europe and around the world.
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agricultural revolution
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1. innovations in farm production that led to a scientific and mechanized agriculture. 2. western europe (England) 3. 1st half of the 18th century 4. growth of population and increase in demand/price of food
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James Hargreaves
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1. Inventor, poor spinner. 2. England 3. 2nd half of 18th century 4. invented the spinning jenny which increased productivity of spinners
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Richard Arkwright
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1. Inventor 2. England 3. 2nd half of 18th century 4. invented water frame called the "father of modern factory"
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enclosures
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1. laws 2. england 3. 2nd half of 18th century 4. intented to use land more rationally and to achieve greater commercial profits. brought turmoil to economic social life of the countryside.
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anti corn law league
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1. league 2. britain 3. 1st half of the 19th century 4. wanted to abolish the tariffs protecting the domestic price of grain
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Married woman's property act
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1. act 2. great britain 3. 2nd half of the 19th century 4. allowed married women to own property in their own right.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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1. suffragette 2. great britain 3. 1st half of 20th century 4. founded womens social and political union- lobbied publicly and privately for extending the vote of women
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The triple alliance
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1. Defensive alliance (germany austria and italy) 2. Europe 3. 2nd half of 19th century 4. purpose was to isolate france and to have no threat
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Vera Zasulich
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1. russian marxist writer and revolutionist 2. russia 3. 2nd half of 19th century 4. attempted to assassinate the military governor of st. petersburg. was aquitted- verdit encouraged terrorists.
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Ellen Key
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1. swedish writer, femist 2. sweden 3. 1st half of 19th century 4. motherhood is so crucial to society that govt, rather than husbands, should support mothers and children
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Rerum Novarum
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1. open letter which addressed the condition of the working class. 2. rome 3. 2nd half of 19th century 4. leo's most imp. pronouncement on public issues. he defended private property, religious education, and religious control of marriage laws. condemmed socialism and marxism
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Entente cordiale
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1. series of agreements Britain had with france. 2. britain/france 3. first half of the 20th century 4. colonial agreement dividing the spheres of influence in Africa. settled all outstanding colonial differences between the nations
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first morrocan crisis
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First Moroccan crisis was international conflict in the beginning of the 20th century between France and Germany who competed for influence in Morocco. Germany received support only from Austria. The rest of European countries and the United States supported France. The crisis illustrated a growing isolation of Germany in Europe.
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