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Mr. Baldwin
Industrial Revolution and the Race for Empire
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History
10th Grade
12/03/2010

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urbanization
Definition
growth of cities
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socialism
Definition

system in which the government owns and operates major businesses and controls other parts of the ecomony

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capitalization
Definition

free market economic system in which the means of production are owned and operated by individuals for profit

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entrepreneur
Definition

a person who risks his or her money to set up a business

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cottage industry
Definition

small business conducted in the home

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abolition
Definition

movement to end something

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suffrage
Definition

the right to vote

 

colonized people denied the right to vote 

 

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anti-Semitism
Definition

hatred or fear of Jewish people

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zionism
Definition

movement among European Jews to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine

 

Jewish Nationalism

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assembly line
Definition

economical, efficient method of production  in which the complex job of assembling many parts is broken down into smaller tasks, each performed by an individual worker

 

introduced by American auto manufacturer Henry Ford

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apartheid
Definition

rigid separation of races by law in South Africa

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imperialism
Definition

control by one country of the political, ecomonic, or cultural life of another country or region

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sepoy
Definition

Indian troops who served in the British army

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mercantilism
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theory that a country's economic strength depended on iincreasing its gold supply by exporting more goods than it imported

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annex
Definition

adding territory to one's own country

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nationalism
Definition

pride in and loyalty to one's country

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extraterritoriality
Definition

right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation

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sphere of influence
Definition

area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment of trading privileges

 

form of imperialism, especially in China

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enclosure
Definition

in England in the 1700's, the process of taking over and fencing off public lands

 

led to increased food production and the second Agricultural Revolution

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factory
Definition

place in which workers and machines are brought together to produce large quantities of goods

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corporation
Definition

business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment

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communism
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form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx;

 

according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole

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utilitarianism
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idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people

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laissez-faire
Definition

policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference

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home rule
Definition

local self-government

 

desire for indepedence among colonized people

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collective bargaining
Definition

negotiations between workers and their employers;

 

workers bargained for better working conditions and higher pay

 

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Pacific Rim
Definition

the lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean ~ especially those in Asia

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assimilation
Definition

1. the adoption of a conqueror's culture by a conquored people;

 

2. a policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt it's institutions and customs

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Dutch East India Company
Definition

a company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia

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Social Darwinism
Definition

the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies ~ particularly as justification for imperialist expansion

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Theory of Evolution
Definition

proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859;

 

the idea that species of plants and animals arise by means fo a process of natural selection

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crop rotation
Definition

the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land

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strike
Definition

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands

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union
Definition

an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages

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factors of production
Definition

the resources including land, labor, and capital ~ that are needed to produce goods and services

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utopianism
Definition

belief that a perfect society exists. A society where workers and factories exist in perfect harmony.

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Iron Law of Wages
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  • Theory of Thomas Matthus

 

The wage of workers will always be forced down to the bare minimum possible. Usually just enough for survival.

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British East India Company
Definition

British multinational corporation that had a monopoly over all businesses in India.

 

Ruled India as a government until the Sepoy Revolution.

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White Man's Burden
Definition

Rudyard Kipling poem that described a relationship between industrialized nations and the areas they conquered.

 

It was the task of Europeans to civilize the non-civilized.

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Scramble for Africa
Definition

European movement to grab as much territory in Africa as possible.

 

Europeans believed who ever had the most colonies was the most powerful.

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Where does the Industrial Revolution begin?
Definition
England
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List the 5 factors that were responsible for the Industrial Revolution.
Definition
  1. natural resources
  2. human resources
  3. new technology
  4. economic conditions
  5. political and social stability
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During the Industrial Revolution, what was coal used for?

 

What was iron used for?

Definition

coal ~ fuel

 

iron ~ used to make machines

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Why were wages in the cities so low during the Industrial Revolution?
Definition

so many people lived in the cities at the time that factories could pay low wages and people were still lined up to work.

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Britain had large amounts of two natural resources.

List them.

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coal and iron
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Why are scientific ideas applied to factories?

Definition

England was the center of the Scientific Revolution.

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Who holds the political control in England during the Industrial Revolution?
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Parliament

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List and explain the 3 economic conditions in England during the Industrial Revolution.
Definition
  1. growing overseas empire provided capital for investment in mills and factories;
  2. growing population created an increased demand for goods;
  3. expanding middle class could afford those new goods.
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