History Final Flashcards
(140 cards)
1
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Richard Arkwright
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1764 Waterframe
first factory
2
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Robert Bakewell
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Selective breeding of cattle and sheep
3
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Henry Bessemer
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Invented steel
4
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British Chartists
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Unionists
Fights for better working conditions&& voting rights
5
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Edmund Cartwright
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1785 Powerloom (steam engine)
6
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Henry Cort
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Puddler
7
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Samuel Crompton
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Spinning Mule 1774
8
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Abraham Darby
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Coke
9
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Sir Humphrey Davy
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miner safety lamp
10
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Duke of Bridgewater
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canal builder
11
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robert fulton
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steamship
12
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James hargreaves
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Spinning Jenny 1764
13
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Elias Howe
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Sewing machine 1846
14
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Huguenots
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Protestants
15
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Hurriers
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Boys that pushed coal carts
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John Kay
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flying shuttle 1733
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Knocker UP
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wake workers up
18
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Luddites
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Machine breakers
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John McAdam
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Created roads- Turnpike Trusts
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Thomas Newcomen
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Invented steampump for mines
21
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Alfred Nobel
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(Noble Price)
invented dynamite
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owen robert
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started first factory friendly mill (daycare, breaks, school)
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Robert peel
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primemisnister
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royal society
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cash prizes (or tokens) for best invention
25
samuel slater
first machinist to smuggle a machine to the U.S.
26
Adam Smith
Laissez-faire
27
George Stevenson
Rocket
28
Strapper
manager of factory that whips you
29
Charles "Turnip" Townshend
Turnip- nitrogen
| 4 field rotation
30
Jethro Tull
seed drill
| horse drawn hoe
31
Isaac Watt
stem hammer
32
James Watt
improved steam engine
33
Eli whitney
Cotton gin
| interchangeable gun parts
34
John Wilkinson
boring drill
35
Smeated
concrete
36
Shaftsbury
came up with reforms
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What is the act from 1833 and explain it
Factory Act
| Reduced hours of work for children in the textile mills. Stopped children from working under the age of 9
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What is the act from 1842 and explain it
Mines Act
| Stopped woman, boys and girls under the age of 10 working underground in the coal mines
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What is the act from 1847 and explain it
Limited the hours a woman could work in a mill no more than 10 hours a day
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Who cannot leave Britain?
Machinists
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what is gleaning?
collecting leftover crops from farmers fields after being harvested
Not allowed during enclosure movement
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What is primogeniture?
oldest boy in family inherits land
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How long were contracts in factories?
1 year
44
what was the temperature in factories?
34 degrees
45
what caused many mining accidents?
fire damp
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What is tinnitus?
permanent ringing in ears
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What is the bank interest rate?
3 %
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what is a caravel used for
transporting goods
49
How many days a week do the people work?
6 days / week
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How many years did factory owners train orphans for?
7 years
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How much did men, women, and children make a week?
Men - $3.oo
Women - $2.oo
Children - $1.oo
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How many hours did the people work a day?
Up to 16 hours
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How many lashes did a child get if they left their station?
20 lashes
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Is there occupational health and safety at work?
No
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around what year did the industrial revolution begin in great Britain?
1750
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What is the maximum weight an employee is expected to lift?
50 pounds
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You can fired for being away sick or hurt if you have worked less than how many months with same employer?
3 months
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After probation, you can be fired for being away sick for more than how many days?
12 days
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How many consecutive hours of rest do you get in any 24 hours period?
8 hours
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If you work 20 hours or more you get how many days off in every 7 days?
5 days off
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You can up to how many days of unpaid time off when your childd is born or when you adopt a child?
52 weeks
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Spread ideas of French revolution around world
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Bourgeoisie
Wealthy merchants of the middle class
Lack of opportunity
Clergy
First estate collect tax called tithe
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Monsieur corny
Leader of sans culottes went to invalids and asked for weapons
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Denis Diderot
Philosophe who put together encyclopedia
| Challenged the feudal society
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Directors
5 guys that made up the directory
Rich nobles who fled France
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Farmers general
60 nobles that collected taxes
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French peasants
Pay 70% of income to taxes
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Madame geoffrin
Hostess of gatherings, salons of paris met Wednesdays
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Joseph-ignace guillotine
More humaine way to execute people
71
Huguenots
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Non catholics
Protestants
Kicked out of france
Catholics vs. Huguenots
Persecuted by French
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72
Intendants
Leaders of the provinces appointed by the king
Well paid
Couldn’t be removed
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Inquisition
Tried alleged heredities
Torture you
Extricate confessions from people
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Jacobins
One of 2 political parties
| Start law of suspects and law of maximum
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King Louis xvi
Ruled by divine right
Tried to abolish serfdom, remove taille, and increase tolerance towards non-catholics
Married to marie antionette
Loves to hunt
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Layfeyette
Wrote declaration of the rights of man and citizen
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Court launey
Governor of bastille
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John locke
Stood for life liberty property
| Government by popular consent
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Jean paul marat
Journalist && Politian
| Writes newspaper called the friend of the people
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Charles Montesquieu
The spirit of laws- compared different kinds of government
| Separation of powers/division of powers
81
Jacques necker
Finance minister
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Duc noailles
First noble to refuse to collect feudal fees
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Nobility
Special privileges
Second estate
Hunt wherever they wanted
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Queen marie Antoinette
From Austria
Marries king Louis xvi
Gambles
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Maximillien Robespierre
Leader of committee of public safety
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Jean rousseau
Direct democracy
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Sans culottes
Revolutionary fighters
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Seigneur
Land lord
| Collects land tax- taille
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Adam smith
Laissez- faire
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Charles Talleyrand
First clergy member to suggest land be taken and auctioned off
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Francois Voltaire
Exiled to Britain
Writer, historian and philosopher
Freedom of speech and religion- deism
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What is the old regime?
the french political and social system before 1789
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what is deism?
freedom of speech and religion
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What are assignats?
bonds
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What is the tithe?
10% of persons income to chruch
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What is the taille?
property tax
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what is the gabelle?
salt tax (7 pounds)
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what are vingtiemes?
income tax
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What is the corvee?
free labour
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What was the name of the theory that God appointed all monarchs to rule on his behalf?
Divine Right
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What were the tax collectors for the king called?
Farmers general
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What are banalities?
paying to use the lords bake oven, mill, and wine press
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What is the law of maximum?
lifted price control
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what is the declaration of the rights of man?
stated that government belonged to people as a whole. Aim was to preserve the 'natural rights' of liberty and equality
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what is the civil constitution of the clergy?
a law that stated that bishops and priests were to be elected by popular vote and paid
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what is the law of self denying ordinance
if in national assembly not allowed to run in legislative assembly
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what was the tax that supported the army called?
poll taxx
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the church sold titles to the highest bidder called what?
simony
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what was the tax called in producers wanted to bring goods into the province?
octroi
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sinners had to pay money to be free of sin called what?
indulgences
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what were peasant complaints called?
cahiers
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what was the slogan and battle cry of the french revolution?
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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what was the french national anthem?
marsellaise
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how many departments did france have?
83
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what was the new appeal court called?
court of cassation
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what 2 provinces did germany take from france?
alsace and lorraine
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what 2 straits are russia afraid of losing?
dardonelles and bospous
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what did all countries sign to prevent attacks on civilian ships?
Sussex Pledge
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What countries made up the Triple Alliance?
Austia-Hungary, Italy, Germany
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What countries made up the Triple Entente?
Russia, Great britain and france
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Who was assasinated?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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When was Franz Ferdinand assasinated?
On Vidovnan Day
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Where was FRanz Ferdinand assasinated?
Sarajevo
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Where was poison gas used?
Ypres
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How much did the US loan to allied countries?
$10 billion
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What was the name of the germans aircraft?
Fokker
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What treaty does russia sign with Germany?
the treaty of brest-litovsk
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How many battleships was germany allowed to have?
6
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How much did germany have to pay for damage?
$33 billion
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How many men were germanys forces reduced to?
100 000 men
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who was the last canadian solider to die in world war one
corporal price
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what is the germans flying ace called?
Big willy
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what are germanys big guns called?
Big bertha
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what is the triple ententes gun called?
vickers
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what is the triple aliances gun called?
MG08
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What bill and act ensures greater safety for retail workers who work late hours
Bill 601 The Jimmy's law act
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Which law states that it is now mandatory for public buildings to report albestos
Howards Law
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Removed ________ less pay for temporary foreign workers
15%
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Can work five 8 hour days a week or four _______days a week
10 hour
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In sask, an employer who gets a permit can pay mentally and physically handicapped employees ______________
less than minimum wage
