22-23 Test Flashcards

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Mass production

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  • Manufacture of many identical products
  • 1760-1890
  • introduced my Josiah Wedgewood
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Agricultural revolution

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  • transformation of farming
  • 1760-1890
  • resulted from improvements in cultivation techniques
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2
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Enclosure was

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Restriction of common agricultural land

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3
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What new crop contributed to the agricultural revolution

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The potato

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The agricultural revolution was a change in farming methods and crops that resulted in

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All of these

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The most profitable item in international trade in the 18th century was:

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Sugar

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Britain’s social structure is deceived as being “more fluid” that the rest of Europe. Which of the following is the most likely reason for that?

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It has a less powerful aristocracy

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A significant technology that transformed the lives of factory workers hours was:

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Gas lighting

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In the early years of industrialization, most women worked in

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Domestic servant positions

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Single and married women both did factory work but for different reasons:

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Married women worked if their husbands were unable to support their families

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In the United States, many factory owners opened their factories with a commitment to decent wages and housing

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But eventually lowered wages and imposed longer hours

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The cotton boom enriched planters as well as manufacturers and

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Created a high demand for slaves

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Andrew Jackson

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  • 1st US president born in humble circumstances
  • 1769-1890
  • personalist leader
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Tecumseh

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  • Shawnee leader
  • 1760-1890
  • became an ally to the British in the war of 1812
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14
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What invention revolutionized communication during the industrial revolution

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The electric telegraph

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One profound effect that industrialization had on the world was that

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Europe and North America were empowers at the expense of the rest of the world

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Urbanization had the greatest impact on

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The poor, who came to the city from rural areas for work

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A significant technology that transformed the lives of factory workers hours was:

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Gas lighting

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Smith’s argument challenged prevailing economic model of the time, which was

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Mercantilism

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Thomas Malthus’s explanation of worker’s misfortunes was that

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The population was outgrowing the food supply

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20
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Chartism appealed to which group in England

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Industrial workers and miners

21
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How did industrialization change China’s relationship with the west

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European steam-powered gunboats humiliated China’s military

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Britons main strategy to eliminate competition in trade was to

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Flood the market with cheap goods and drive competitors out of business

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The “crisis of legitimacy” that undermined colonial authority in Latin America was caused by

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Napoleons invasion of Spain and Portugal

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The Paraguayan war helped to end slavery in Brazil because large numbers of slaves

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Joined the Brazilian army in exchange for freedom

25
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Slavery lasted longest on the Caribbean islands of

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Cuba and Puerto Rico

26
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Most of the immigrants from Asia after 1850 went to

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The United States

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Te modification of languages, customs, values, and behaviors of a group as a readily of contact with people from another culture is called

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Acculturation

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One of the largest demands in “women’s rights” in America took the form of

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Demands for the right to vote

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The industrial revolution created a new demand for metals such as copper, zinc, and tin. This led to

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A mining boom in the United States, chile, and Mexico

30
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Division of labor in manufacturing

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Dividing up building a product into small u specialized tasks

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Advantages of mechanization

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Increased productivity for the manufacturer and lower prices for the consumer

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James watt invented

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Steam engine, separate condenser, sun-and-planet gear

33
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Steam ships opened up what water way to trade and transportation

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Mississippi River and Erie Canal

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Middle class women taking care of of the home and servants were in the

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“Cult of domesticity”

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Wealth of nations by Adam smith was about

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If individuals were allowed to seek personal gain, the effect, would increase general welfare and the Laissez faire

36
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Junta central believed

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That they should create local juntas and govern their own affairs until Ferdinand regained the throne

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Who is for junta central and who is against?

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  • For: local residents of colonial Spanish America and colonial elected deputies
  • Against: Spanish loyalists and officials
38
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Jose de San Martín’s most affective troops were made of what people?

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Former slaves

39
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People who helped Mexico gain its independence

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  • Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
  • José María Morelos
  • colonel Agustín de Iturbide
40
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Why/how was original ruler of Mexico overthrown

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•he was too sympathetic to the Creoles

41
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The confederation of 1867 was

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A negotiated Union of the formerly separate colonies of Canada

42
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Cause of civil war in the US

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•southern planter elite decide to succeed from the US

43
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People moved west because

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Aggressive diplomacy and water are against Mexico and Amerindian people’s

44
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Argentina and Brazil fought for control of

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Uruguay

45
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Native Americans in Argentina and Brazil had the unlimited food supply of

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Herds of wild cattle

46
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Trail of tears was

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The trail natives Americans who were forced to resettle by the Indian removal aft of 1830 traveled down to go west

47
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Caste war was

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Mass rebellions of the Maya people against the Mexican gov

48
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Which group of people vocalized against slavery the most

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Abolitionists

49
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What made the U.S. economically successful in the 1800’s

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Large numbers of immigrants