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World War 1
the earth and its peoples T26
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10th Grade
01/06/2013

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Commodore Matthew Perry
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Railroads
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Neetowkrs of iron rails on which steam locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds. First build in England in the 1830s, their success caused a railroad building boom throughout the world
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Submarine telegraph cables
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Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. First short cable was laid across the English channel in 1851
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Steel
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A form of iron that is both durable and flexible. First mass producedin the 1860s and became the most widely used metel in construction
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Electricity
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A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 40's on and for lighting,industrial motors and railroads
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Thomas Edison
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AMerican inventor known for inventing the electric light bulb, accoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures
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Business cycle
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booms followed by deep depressions where workers lost their jobs and investors their fortunes. Money continued to flow around the world
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Victorian Age
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The reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britan also used to describe the late 19th century society with its rigid moral standards and sharply different roles for men and women
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Separate Spheres
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19th cn idea that men and women, esp. of the middle class, should have clearly different roles in society women as wives and homemakers and men out working
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Suffragists
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Women fighting for equal rights with men in the late 1800s and early 1900s
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Socialism
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political ideology in 1830s in europe that advocated government protection of workers from explotation by property owners and gov. owned industries
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Friedrich Engles
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socialist, author of working conditions of the working class inengland in 1844
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Communist Manifesto
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called for a revolution in which the workers would overthrow the bourgeoisie and establish a new society
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Proletariat
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The workers, or have nots, that were being exploited
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anarchists
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Revolutionaries the wanted to abolish all private property and government, usually by violence, and replace them with free associations of groups
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Nationalism
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political ideology stressing people's membership in a community defined by a common culture and history as well as territory
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Liberalism
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a political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of the people, representative gov,and the protection of private property. Derived from the enlightenment
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Giuseppe Mazzini
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Nationalist in Italy in 1800s who led the failed revolution in 1848. Sought to unify peninsula
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Camillo Cavour
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Prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia who saw the rivalry between France and Austria as an opportunity to unify
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King Victor Emmanuel
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The king of united Italy, a moderate constitution monarchy
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian nationalist who conquered Sicily and Naples and added them to a unified Italy in 1860
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Prussia
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First european army to make use of steel, railroads, etc. West half of the austrian empire
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Otto van Bismark
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Chancellor of Prussia until 1871 when he became chancellor of Germany. Led Prussia to victory against Austria and France and created the German COnfederation in 1871
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Blood and iron
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Military technology, superior firearms led to quick victories and were foundation of new German Empire
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Tokugawa shogunate
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No worldwide power, secular gov. that had a military leader and local landlords
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Emperor Mutsuhito
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Declared emperor of the new regime the Meiji restoration
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Meiji Restoration
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Political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa in 1868, when young leaders set Japan on an industrial revolution
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Zaibatsu
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large conglomerates, and encouraged individual technological innovation
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Empress Dowager Cixi
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Empress of China and mother of emperor Guangxi. Put her son on house arrest, supported anti-foreign movements, and resisted reforms of the gov. and armed forces
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Yamagata Arimoto
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one of the leaders of the Meiji restoration
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Boxer Rebellion
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Anti-foreign riots raised by officers around Empress Dowager Cixi in 1900
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Russo-Japanese War
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fighting in Manchura, between Russia and Japan in 1904 and 1905
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