Unit 5-6 (1750-1900) Flashcards
(46 cards)
Suffrage
Right to vote
Peninsulares
European born elites, treated Creoles like second class
Agricultural revolution
Crop rotation, Seed drill
Mejia restoration
Japan modernized fast
Vulcanization
Process to make rubber harder
Tanzimat reforms
Ottoman, a series of reforms to modernize and stop the states decline
Examples of Tanzimat reforms
Military, bureaucracy, education, rights, Tax
Matthew perry
Went to Japan with guns to open ports (USA)
Free market economics
System that is controlled by private individuals and business and not government
Labor Union
Group of workers fighting for better pay, conditions.
Empiricism
Philosophy, all knowledge comes from sensory experience
Deism
God doesn’t intervene
Enlightenment Political ideas
Individualism, Natural rights, social contacts
Individualism
Philosophy, Prioritizing individual with rights, freedom, etc
Social contacts
Human society must construct government to protect natural rights
Causes of Enlightenment
Revolution, Abolition of slavery, new ways of thinking (democracy)
Causes of revolution
Nationalism, political dissent, new ways of thinking (democracy)
French Revolution
People overthrew absolute monarchy. Challenged power of the church, nobility. Wanted liberty, equality.
French Revolution inspired and ending
Inspired by enlightenment ideas, economic hardship (Food shortage, tax).
King louis (executed), Robespierre reign of terror.
Latin revolution
Creoles had little authority
Industrial revolution
waterways, coal, iron, urbanization, Agricultural improvements
1st Industrial revolution
Coal (steam powered)
Iron. Development of interior regions, Increase in trade, migration
2nd Industrial revolution
Oil (Gasoline), Steel, Chemical engine, electricity, telegraph
Problems
Pollution, Crime, Housing shortage