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was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. … The textile industry was also the first to use modern production methods.

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Beginning the industrial revolution

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was a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity that occurred during the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. In this lesson, learn the timeline, causes, effects and major inventions that spurred this shift in production.

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The agricultural revolution

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Industries of the industrial revolution

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Textiles were the leading industry of the Industrial Revolution, and mechanized factories, powered by a central water wheel or steam engine, were the new workplace

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the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

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The Bourgeoisie

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also known as the Technological Revolution, was a phase of rapid industrialization from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. … In the same time period, new technological systems were introduced, most significantly electrical power and telephones.

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The second industrial revolution

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was a philosopher, author, social theorist, and an economist. He is famous for his theories about capitalism and communism. … Ironically, _______ was eloquent in describing the exploitation of the working class while personally failing to maintain a job for a significant period of time.

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Karl Max

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German socialist leader and political philosopher, in England from 1849. He collaborated with Marx on The Communist Manifesto (1848) and his own works include Condition of the Working Classes in England (1844) and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884)

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Karl Engels

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the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live

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The Proletariat

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was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815, though the delegates had arrived and were already negotiating by late September 1814.

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The congress of Vienna

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is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization. … ___________ seek to preserve a range of institutions such as religion, parliamentary government, and property rights, with the aim of emphasizing social stability and continuity.

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Conservatism

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was a system of dispute resolution adopted by the major conservative powers of _________ to maintain their power, oppose revolutionary movements, weaken the forces of nationalism, and uphold the balance of power.

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The Concept of Europe

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the belief in freedom and human rights, is historically associated with thinkers such as John Locke and Montesquieu. … _______ started to spread rapidly especially after the French Revolution. The 19th century saw _________ governments established in nations across Europe, South America and North America.

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Liberalism

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is an ideology and movement characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation,, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations, with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation’s sovereignty (self-governance) over its homeland.

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Nationalism

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In 1832, Parliament passed a law changing the British electoral system. It was known as the _______________. This was a response to many years of people criticising the electoral system as unfair. … In 1831, the House of Commons passed a Reform Bill, but the House of Lords, dominated by Tories, defeated it.

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The Great Reform Bill

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were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history.

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The year of revolutions

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was Emperor of the French from 1852 until the Monarchy was dissolved for good in 1870. ___________ in military uniform. He would be the last monarch to rule the people of France.

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Napoleon III

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was the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany, elected on 1 May 1848 (see German federal election, 1848). The session was held from 18 May 1848 to 31 May 1849, in the Paulskirche at __________ am Main.

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The Frankfurt Parliament

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stemmed from Russia’s threat to multiple European interests with its pressure of Turkey. … In September 1854 the allies landed in the _______, planning to destroy Sevastopol and the Russian Fleet in six weeks before withdrawing to Turkey.

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The Crimean war

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was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in …

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The unification of Italy

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the uniting of East and West Germany in 1990 after they had been separated since 1945. This followed the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and then the collapse of the East German government.

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The unification of Germany

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a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations.

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Realpolitik

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queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

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Queen Victoria

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the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.

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Social Darwinism

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British sovereignty in India.

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The Raj

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a member of the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century.

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The boers

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in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

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Apartheid

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is the invasion, occupation, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. It is also called the Partition of Africa and the Conquest of Africa.

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The scramble for Africa

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were based around the need to keep France isolated and prevent this from happening. To achieve this aim he needed to keep on good terms with both Austria and Russia.

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Bismarck’s foreign policy

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was a defensive alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which was created by treaty on October 7th, 1879 as part of Bismarck’s system of alliances to prevent or limit war. The two powers promised each other support in case of attack by Russia.

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The dual alliance

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emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). … His role in the conduct of the war as well as his responsibility for its outbreak is still controversial.

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Kaiser William ll

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was an operational plan used by the Germans to take over France and Belgium and carried out in August 1914. It was devised by and named after German Field Marshal Count Alfred von Schlieffen, who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1905.

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The Schlieffen Plan

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archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914) Synonyms: Francis Ferdinand Example of: archduke. a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria.

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Franz Ferdinand

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a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.

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Trench warfare

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is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules (also known as “cruiser rules”).

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France.

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Battles of 1916

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Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) (guy who wouldn’t die)

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Rasputin

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also called an interim government or transitional government, is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of new nations or following the collapse of the previous governing administration.

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The provisional government

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a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917.

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Bolsheviks

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28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)

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Woodrow Wilson

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was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. … The other Central Powers on the German side signed separate treaties.

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The treaty of Versailles