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World History CH 12-

Industrial Revolution

QuestionAnswer
Romanticism Emphasized feelings and imagination as sources of knowing
Nationalism Belief that people owe loyalty to a nation
Cottage Industry Production done by individuals in their homes
Industrial Capitalism Economic system based on industrial production
Concert of Europe Meeting of the great powers of Europ to maintain peace
Gustave Courbet Realist artist who painted The Stonebreakers
Henry Cort Developed puddling
Realpolitik Politics based on practical matters rather than theory or ethics
Congress of Vienna Meeting in 1814 of the great powers of Europe
Charles Darwin Published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Eli Whitney Invented the cotton gin
Robert Fulton Built the first paddle-wheel steamboat
Thomas Edison Invented the incandescent light bulb
Alexander Graham Bell Patents the telephone
Guglielmo Marconi Sends first radio waves across the Atlantic
Nikola Tesla Constructs first electric motor
James Watt Developed steam engine that could drive machinery
Louis Pasteur Proposed the germ theory of disease
Henry Ford Mass produced Model T-Ford automobiles on an assembly line
James Hargreaves Invented the spinnning jenny
Literacy The ability to read
Dictatorship Absolute governmental power by an individual or group
Feminism The movement for women's rights
Labor Union Organization focused on improving working conditions
Urbanization The mass migration of people from rural to urban areas
Compulsory Forced
Entrepreneur Seekers of new business opportunities
Capitalism An economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth os made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations
Proleteriate Working class
Capital Money to invest
Elite 5% of population; control 30-40 % of wealth
Bourgeoisie Women stayed home to take care of family; believed hard work was the key to success; white-collar workers
Proletariat 80% or population; factory workers; poor
Compulsory education laws Ended child labor
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