Unit V Flashcards
(40 cards)
Communism
New economic and political system where all property is public, owned by the central state
Cottage industry
Slow method for British cotton in which family unit or individual creates at home with their own equipment
Division of labor
A process that divides a task into separate parts key to increased productivity
Globalization
The development on an increasingly integrated global economy marked by free trade and a free flow capitol
Liberalism
Stressed the virtues of freedom, argues the libery of the international is the main concern of politics
Proletariat
Working class according to Marx
Socialism
An economic system in which industry is collectively owned, private owned property is allowed
Social criticism
A type of writing that tries to improve social conditions
Sabotage
Deliberate destruction ( of employers property)
Social Darwinism
Idea that the differences in wealth and power could be explained by the superiority of some and the inferiority of others (race and hierarchy)
Exposition
Every showing world achievements
Militarism
Belief a country should maintain a strong military
Queen Victoria
Popular Queen, supported social and political reforms and believed in personal and social responsibility
Charles Dickens
Wrote a Christmas carol and Oliver Twist, works of social criticism and commenting of the treatment of the poor working class
Louis Pasteur
Discovered that microorganisms cause fermentation and disease
James Watt
Invented the steam engine
Henry Bessemer
Invented a cheaper way to produce steel
Cyrus McCormick
Invented McCormick reaper that revolutionized wheat harvesting in England
Karl Marx
Communist, believed industrial societies created two social classes (bourgeoisie - property owing and proletariat - workers)
Fredrick Engles
Write the manifesto of the communist party with Karl
Otto von Bismarck
Chancellor of Germany, united regions into one nation, not nationalist, “iron chancellor”
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin
Napoleon III
First president of France, later emperor, nephew of former emperor of France
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian general, nationalist, unified the Italian peninsula