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Industrial Revolutions & Mass Society

Info on the Industrial Revolutions and Mass Society, Nation States, and Socialism


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Steam EngineInvention that started the Industrial Revolution
James WattInvented the steam engine
RailroadsOverland transportation innovation
Steam ShipWater bound transportation innovation
CoalFossil fuel used to power steam engines
TextilesEnglish industry that was first affected by the Industrial Revolution
CottonFiber coveted in textile industry
Cotton GinInvented by Eli Whitney
UrbanizationMovement to the cities
Child LaborChildren being used in a factory or industrial capacity
The Factory Act1833; limited the usage of child labor
SocialismGovernment control of society to benifit society
Utopian SocialismCooperative Society
Crimean War1853-1856; Ottomans, British, & French v Russia
Count CavourPrime Minister of Piedmont
Kingdom of PiedmontStrongest Italian state; unified Northern Italy
Guiseppe GaribaldiRed Shirts; unified Southern Italy
Italy unifiedSeptember 20, 1870
PrussiaMilitaristic German state; led German unification
Otto von BismarckPrussian Prime Minister
Real PolitikPolitics of Reality
Franco-Prussian WarJuly 15, 1870
Germany unitedJanuary 18, 1871
RomanticismFeelings over reason
Walter ScottWrote "Ivanhoe"
Mary ShelleyWrote "Frankenstein"
Edgar Allen PoeWrote numerous short stories
PasteurBiologist; identified diseases
MendeleevDeveloped the periodic table of elements
Charles DarwinEvolution; Natural Selection
RealismView the world realistically
Charles DickensRealist writer
Second Industrial RevolutionBegan with use of steel & electricity
Michael Faraday1831; first crude electric generator
Thomas EdisonInvented the electric light bulb
Alexander Grahm BellInvented the telephone
Gugliemo MarconiInvented the radio
Wright Brothers1903; Invented the first gas powered aircraft
Henry Ford1908; Automobile manufacturer who developed the assembly line
Socialist Trade UnionsPublic ownership of capital; workers dominate
Karl MarxFather of Communism; Wrote "The Communist Manifesto"
Friedrich EnglesAssociate of Marx; contributed to "The Communist Manifesto"
BourgeoisieOwners; Oppressors; Middle Class
ProlotariatWorkers; Oppressed
RevisionistsOpposed violent overthrow
StrikeOrganized work stopage