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18 Cards in this Set
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
-Argued for a government based on general will.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: George Washington |
-President of the new colonial government in America.
-First U.S. President. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Louis XVI |
-Called a meeting of the traditional parliament to consider tax reform for his regime.
-Caved in after some street riots in the summer of 1789, the Revolution was on the way. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Maximilien Robespierre |
-Leader of the radical phase known as the Reign of Terror.
-Elected to all revolutionary assemblies and lead the prosecution of the king in 1792. -Took over the government from the king and put down many factions, supported the Terror, and worke for centralization. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Napoleon Bonaparte |
-Military victory in 1799.
-Made France into an authoritarian empire. -Established religious freedom. -Devoted his attention to a centralized school system and expansion. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: James Watt |
-In the 1770s he created a steam enginge that could be used for production. This launched the Industrial Revolution.
-Scottish artisan. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Louis Pasteur |
-Discovered germs in the 1880s.
-Discovery led to more health awareness and precautions. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Jean Dumay |
-Labor leader who fought against the work conditions he felt were not fair.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Benjamin Disraeli |
-Conservative leader in Britain who granted the right to vote to working-class men in 1867.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Count Camillo di Cavour |
-Italian leader who supported industrial development and parliament expansion.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Otto von Bismarck |
-Prussian prime minister who worked to spread the right to vote to all men.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Karl Marx |
-Ideas on new definition for political theory led to socialism.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Emmeline Pankhurst |
-Radical feminist leader.
-Participated in the Socialist Fabian Society. -Formed a suffrage organization in 1903 for women's rights. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Charles Darwin |
-Created his evolutionary theory.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Albert Einstein |
-Created the theory of relativity.
-Added time as a physical measurement. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Sigmund Freud |
-Viennese physician who developed theories on the workings of the human subconscience.
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Charles Dickens |
-English novelist.
-Wrote of realistic portayals of human problems. |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760-1914
Key People: Georges Seurat |
-French painter.
-Created the art style pointillism. |