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World History Chapter 19 vocabulary

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capital* money
entrepreneurs* wealthy people who were interested in finding business opportunities and ways to make profits
cottage industry* the process of making cotton done by individuals in their homes
James Watt(1) 1782 - invented the steam engine
puddling* developed by Henry Cort, produced a better quality of iron
industrial capitalism* an economic system based on industrial production
socialism* society owns and controls the means of production. cooperation rather than competition
militarism* reliance on military strength
Kaiser* term for emperor in German speaking countries
plebiscite* popular vote
emancipation* freed the serfs
abolitionism* movement to end slavery
secede* withdraw
romanticism* emphasized feelings, emotion, and imagination
secularization* indifference or rejection of religion
organic evolution* each kind of plant & animal had evolved over a long period of time from earlier and simpler forms of life
natural selection* some organisms are more adaptable to the environment than others
realism* belief that the world should be viewed realistically (after 1850)
realpolitik(2) Bismarck’s theory of practical, as oppose to idealistic, governance
flying shuttle(1) made weaving faster
Spinning Jenny(1) 1768– made spinning faster (wove many threads at once) by James Hargreaves
Water Powered Loom(1) (1787)– in factories near rivers by Edmund Cartwright
rocket(1) 1st public railroad in England. Went 16 mps and 32 miles
shift work(1) people doing same work over and over, made men into machines
Robert Fulton(1) invented paddle wheel steamboat in 1807 in US
Crimean War(3) broke apart concert of Europe, Russia v. Ottoman Empire, Russia wanted access to water, Russia lost
Camillo di Cavour(3) prime minister of Piedmont, united northern Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi(3) united southern Italy using guerrilla army called “Red Shirts”
Otto von Bismarck(3) Prime Minister of Prussia, united Germany
Louis Pasteur(4) theory of germ disease
Dmitry Mendeleyev(4) classified all elements on the basis of atomic weights
Michael Faraday(4) put together primitive generator that led to electric current
comprimise of 1867(4) split Austiria into two parts Austria-Hungary


Deutsch 2
Wilmot High School
WI

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