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Enclosure Movement
A movement that began when Parliament allowed large landowners to fence off their common lands in the 1700s and kicked off the Agricultural Revolution.
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Trade Unions
An association of workers with the same skill who come together to improve wages, benefits, working conditions, and rights for workers.
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Interchangeable Parts
Identical parts that are used for fixing machinery instead of having to buy whole new machinery.
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Imperialism
When one nation extends its control to the government and economy of another nation
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Monroe Doctrine
A document stating that the United States wouldn't tolerate European nations taking over the western hemisphere
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Sovereignty
Supreme rule of a ruler
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Social Darwinism
The social idea that everybody is under the same laws and rules.
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Propaganda
information designed to influence public opinions
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Alliance
An agreement among competing blocs nations to help each other if war broke out
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Militarism
Fascination in the military and the glory of war
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Totalitarian State
A system in which leaders totally control the way citizens think and live.
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Inflation
a period of rising prices and decreasing monetary values.
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Recession
A time of economic slowdown
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Depression
A period of very low economic activity combined with very high unemployment
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What was the Industrial Revolution and what country did it begin in?
The Industrial Revolution was when people started to switch from hand-made to machinery to do work and it began in Great Britain
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What was the first industry to begin?
Textiles
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Why did it begin in Britain?
Britain had a large number of inventors with new ideas, markets to sell to, and natural resources, and plenty of rivers for transportation.
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What is urbanization?
Urbanization is when people move from rural areas to the city causing cities to grow.
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What were the advantages of factory work over farm work?
Constant income
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Which type of transportation developed during this time that could carry people, raw materials, and finished products cheaper and faster than any other method?
Railroads
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What were two economic reasons that industrialized nations took control of less developed nations?
Raw materials and markets to sell their goods
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What five nations became the major imperialistic nations in the world?
Great Britain, US, Germany, France, and Japan
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In what areas did these countries did the major imperialistic nations take control of?
Asia, Africa, and Oceania
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What were the results of the Spanish American War?
US won and became a world power and gained Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, Cuba, and Guam
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The following are true about Imperialism:
Local warfare ended, countries set up hospitals and schools in many areas, farming and transportation improved
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What were the four M.A.I.N causes of WW1?
militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
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After remaining neutral for much of the war, what events finally led up to America entering the war?
the Zimmerman telegram, U-boat by Germany sank a U.S. ship, and our economic relationship with the Allies.
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What effect did the entry of the US into the war in 1917 have?
the Allies began to win more battles
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What is the danger of forming alliances?
When alliances are formed, an attack on one nation could lead to a war with several other nations.
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What was one of the main reasons so many people were killed in WW1?
New technology
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Which document officially ended the war?
The Treaty of Versailles
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What was a major result in Europe after the war?
Empires were broken up, new national borders were drawn, and new nations were formed.
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Which decade did the depression occur in for our country?
the 1930s
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How could the economic boom in our country after WW1 be described?
- US factories made most of the world's manufactured good.
- Assistance for farmers when the overproduced
- Public works projects created new jobs
- More government involvement in businesses
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How did Great Britain solve their economic problems?
They used retrenchment to cut back on expenses, and kept a democratic form of government.
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How were Great Britain and the US alike when it came to solving their economic problems?
They both kept their democratic governments
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What were the economies like in many European countries after the war?
Many countries were in debt, experienced high inflation, printed too much money, and relied too much on the US economy.
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What were the causes of the depression in the US?
- Americans borrowed and spent too much
- Factories produced more than they could sell
- Americans made careless investments.
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What was the program that FDR started to help with the problems of the depression?
The New Deal
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What were the programs included in the New Deal?
- Social Security Act
- Assistance for Farmers
- Public projects created jobs
- More government involvement
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What did nations like Germany and Italy do to solve their economic problems?
They set up new governments such as fascism and Nazism
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