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ap world 1750-1914
Ap world history unit 5 1750-1914
Question | Answer |
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Political, social, and economic Revolutions | -Enlightenment, American and French Revolutions,Haitian Revolution,Industrial Revolution,Rise of Capitalism,Unification of states (Germany, Italy, United States),Nationalism, Imperialism and Colonialism |
canal allowed for quicker Travel | Suez and Panama |
Technological advances in travel (ships, railroads, etc.) | increase the travel of humans and other goods across the world. |
Industrial Revolution | have factories, need raw materials, colonies used for materials, Serfdom and slavery ends in most of the world. Political revolutions and independence movements. |
Began in Great Britain due to economic and political stability... | Spread through Europe and world.Some countries had government involvement in their industrial revolutions (Russia and Japan) while others relied on individual capitalists. |
Industrialization increased... | economic, military, and political strength of those who embraced it. |
Countries that benefited from industrialization had necessary... | land, labor, and capital, as well as government support. |
Some countries failed to industrialize... | due to no government support |
industrialized countries produced... | manufactured products |
less industrialized countries produced... | raw materials for products (India, England, American south) |
Countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia became dependent on cash crops (sugar, cotton, rubber) and earned the nickname of... | "Banana Republics" |
Plantations in these "Republics" were owned by foreign investors | who produced the crops and collected the profits |
Increase in volume of world trade | due to better technology and sea travel, which was much more efficient. |
Opening of the Suez and Panama canals | allowed for quicker maritime trade. |
Migration in U.S | westward expansion and trail of tears. |
European Migration | European indentured servants and criminals to colonies. |
Chinese to Americas Migration | SE Asia due to Qing decline. |
End of Atlantic Slave Trade | Napoleon defeated, control of South Africa shifts to British, ends slave trade, Great Trek of Boers. |
Birthrates rise due to.. | improved food supplies |
Declining mortality rates due to.. | improved medical procedures |
Food Supply | growing world population despite wars and disease due to increase in food production |
Population growth in rural areas lead to.. | movement to urban areas. |
Women are recruited | into the work force (textile factories) |
Growth in middle class due to | greater need for middle class workers |
Public education on the rise | teachers hired |
Victorian cult of domesticity | needs women at home to do chores |
As the Industrial Revolution began in England | the economic changes were accompanied by demands for political changes that spread to many other areas of the world by the end of the 19th century. |
1700s referred to as | "Age of Enlightenment" |
Beginnings of Enlightenment | began in Europe |
philosophical/ political ideas began | to seriously question absolute governments |
Enlightenment invited people to use | "Reason" |
people could figure things out and come up with better | governments and societies |
commercialization of the economy increased | the size and wealth of middle class, but not political power |
self made men questioned the idea that | aristocrats should hold high political offices |