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Chapter 19
Industrial Revolution
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History
9th Grade
05/27/2012

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Camilo di Cavour
Definition
founder of the original Italian Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont
Unified Italy
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Charles Darwin
Definition
English naturalist
All species of life have descended over time from common ancestors
Theory of organic evolution
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Charles Dickens
Definition
realities of poor
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Crimean War - effect on Europe
Definition
Russia withdrew from the Concert of Europe for 20 yrs. Austria couldnt maintain balance of power of power in Europe.
Paved way for German and Italian unification.
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factory system
Definition
Many hours of work, bad conditions, unsanitary, low job security, low wages, women paid less
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
creation of factories, and non production of goods
emergence of working class
Cotton cloth textiles
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kaiser
Definition
emperor of German empire
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Klemens von Metternich
Definition
Austria foreign minister led the congree of Vienna

Principle of Legitimacy
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liberalism
Definition
Political philosophy based on the Enlightenment principles
people should be free from gov restraints
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Louis Pasteur
Definition
"germ theory of disease"
vaccine for rabies and anthrax
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modified steam engine
Definition
James Watt IMPROVED the steam engine
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organic evolution
Definition
Darwin Species of animals and plants evolve over time. includes natural selection
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principle of intervention
Definition
Addressed at the Congress of Vienna and meant to maintain
Euro. Balance of Power. The Principle stated that countries had the right to intervene in
other countries that had Rev. threatening Euro. stability and monarchies
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principle of legitimacy
Definition
was the goal of the Congress of Vienna to restore the old Euro.
order disrupted Napoleon. The Principle stated that all Euro. monarchs deposed by
Napoleon would be restored. However, some countries didn’t accept this decision
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Queen Victoria
Definition
Ruldover GB from 1837-1901
Victorian age
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Realism
Definition
Realism came about in the mid-1800’s, and was an artistic and intellectual
movement that embraces the harsh realities of urban and industrial life. Realists rejected
romanticism and worked to create contemporary, real life characters
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Robert Fulton
Definition
US engineer that built the first paddle wheel steamboat (the
Clermont)
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socialism
Definition
a social structure where “society” (the gov’t) controls some, most, or all
“means of production” (factories, utilities, natural resources, labor, etc...) in a country,
created in response to the horrible working conditions in factories, a pol. party that based
it’s ideas on Karl Marx
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William I of Prussia /Germany
Definition
he appointed Otto von Bismark as the new PM, became
emperor (kaiser) of the new German Empire
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