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23 Cards in this Set
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What were the 3 forces that struggled for control of European governments and society?
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Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals
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Who did the conservatives represent and what type of government did the want?
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-wealthy propert owners and nobility
- traditional monarchies of Europe to continue |
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Who did the liberals represent and what type of government did they want?
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-mostly middle class business leadersand merchants
-elected parliament of educated and landownwers |
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Who did the radicals represent and what type of government did they want?
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-all the people
-democracy |
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Define Nationalism
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a movement that advocated that one's greatest loyalty should be to a nation of people who share a common culture and history
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Define Nation-State
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nation of people who share a common culture and history and has its own independent government
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What empires did nationalism break-up?
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Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russia Ottoman Empire |
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What nations did it unify?
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Italy and Germany
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Who controlled Italy prior to unification?
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Austria and the Spanish
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Who is Massini?
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-organized a nationalist group of Italiens under 40 yrs. old
-temporarily governed 8 states of Italy but was driven out by old rulers |
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Who is Cavour?
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-drove out the Austrians from Northern Italy with Napoleon's help
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Who is Garibaldi?
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led the Red Shirts, nationalist rebels in southern Italy to unite northern and southern Italy
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What advantages did Prussia have over the other German kingdoms trying to unite the Germans?
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-mainly German population
-most powwerful army in Central Europe -industrialized |
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What was the Industrial Revolution?
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Large increase in machine-made goods
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When and where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
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Mid 1700's in England
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What were the favorable conditions in Britain and U.S. sparked the industrial revolution?
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natural resources (rivers, coal, iron ore)
financial systems (banks) political stability Large labor force |
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What were the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
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-improvements in agriculture, transportation, communications
-changed where people lived - cities grew - development of the middle class |
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What were the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution?
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-inequality between industrialized west & the rest of the world
-need for social reform to protect working women & children and working conditions in general -poor remained poor while rich got richer |
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What are the Factors of Production (what resources are necessary to produce good)?
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-land
-labor -wealth |
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What were the improvements in transportation?
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-Water transportation: steam engine
- railrod: steam driven locomotives |
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Why were transportation improvements important?
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-able to transport goods from factories to ports cheaply
- transport agricultural products to distant cities -country people could take city jobs |
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How did the agricultural revolution begin?
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1st invention - Jethro Tull's seed drill
-farmers were able to get the most out of their land -plant seeds in well placed rows |
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What factors led to the expansion of industry in the U.S. in the 1800's?
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Britain's blokade of U.S. douring War of 1812 forced U.S. to use its own resources to develop industries to manufacture goods they could no longer import.
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