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Unit 5 study S.S
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural rights | Enlightenment belief that people are born with basic rights that governments should protect. People have rights granted by birth, not granted by kings. |
| Enlightenment and Revolutions | American and French Revolutions were inspired by the enlightenment ideas of natural rights and freedom. |
| Impact of John Locke | Belief in natural rights and government based on consent can encourage people to challenge unjust rulers. The ideas inspired mistreated citizens to start revolutions. |
| Factory work | The work in factories was organized and repetitive. The work involved machines, long hours, and repetitive tasks. |
| Urbanization and migration | People left their farms and moved to cities for factory jobs. Cities grew and became overcrowded due to increase in migration to the cities. |
| Effects of industrial revolution on the environment | Industrialization increased air and water pollution and damaged environments. Smoke and waste from factories harmed air quality and ecosystems. |
| European Nations and Africa | European nations competed to gain resources and power in Africa. European nations wanted to colonize/control the territories of Africa |
| Imperialism | Extending a nations’s power over foreign nations and territories. During this time period, foreign nations took control of China which created conflict and resentment. |
| Nationalism | Nationalism is an intense feeling of loyalty to your country. In a perfect world, nationalism leads to great pride and loyalty. In America, we call this patriotic. At certain times in history, intense nationalism has led to negative consequences. For |
| Impact of Child labor | Industrialization often used child labor before modern labor laws. The children were underpaid and worked long hours in unsafe conditions. As more factories were built, the need for child labor increased. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi | Two important civil rights leaders who fought for non-violence, equality, freedom, and human rights. |
| WW1 and Alliances | World War 1 was known as the war of alliances. These alliances caused small conflicts to grow into a world war. |
| Genocide | the deliberate destruction of an ethnic, racial, or religious group. Genocide was used by the Nazis during WW2 when they imprisoned Jewish people in concentration camps. |
| Great Depression | The Great Depression was caused by 1929 stock market crash. The Great Depression caused widespread unemployment and poverty. The Great Depression lasted until the 1940’s when our economy improved due to industrial production for WW2. |
| Berlin Wall | The separation between East and West Berlin in Germany during the Cold War. East Berlin was influenced by Soviet ideals and West Berlin was influenced by democratic ideals. The wall was torn down in 1989. |
| Sustainability | The practice of meeting our present needs without sacrificing the needs of our future generations. The idea of sustainability became popular during the 1980’s and 1990’s. |
| Global connections | Technology was invented and developed during the 1990’s to increase global connections.. The internet was the most important of these inventions.The speed at which we could communicate across the world was greatly increased due to the internet. |
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