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The latest development in the early 1800's: | Steam-powered machines doing work for people. |
Why the Industrial Revolution started in England: | They had a large supply of coal near the surface. |
First use for the steam engine? | To pump water out of coal mines. |
Result of steam engine clearing coal mines of water? | More coal. Duh. |
First factories were for making this: | Textiles (cloth) |
Positive effects of machine powered production of goods: | They became cheaper, raising the standard of living. |
Result of people's skills being outdated: | They needed to look for work, often in city factories. |
Negative effects of people moving to the city to find factory work? | Crowding, filth, disease, unemployment among men (they cost more to employ) bad working conditions, children used for labor (they were cheap), pollution of air and waterways. |
These were the densely populated housing buildings built for factory workers: | Tenements |
Lack of sewage treatment leads to: | Quick spread of disease. |
Economic philosophy based on cooperation and sharing of wealth: | Socialism |
Father of Socialism: | Karl Marx |
Statement that sums up Socialism: | "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need." |
Why Socialist ideas became popular during the Industrial Revolution: | A relative few people owned most of the wealth and means of production, while the majority was poor and living in horrible conditions. |
Social term for those who own and control everything: | Bourgeoisie |
Socialist term for the workers who are exploited by the wealthy: | Proletariat |
Style of painting using short, choppy strokes of color, creating "impressions" of an image. | Impressionism |
Impressionist painter known for painting water lillies: | Monet |
Impressionis painter known for painting ballet dancers: | Degas |
Impressionist painter known for Pointellism: | Seurat |
Meeting of "Great Powers" of Europe: | Congress of Vienna |
Purpose of Congress of Vienna? | To undo Napoleon's changes, maintain peace and balance of powers between countries (not let one country become too powerful. |
People who resist change, tend to want to keep things as they are: | Conservatives |
People who tend to welcome change, new methods of improving society: | Liberals |
Liberals tend to be: | Less wealthy, more diverse, more female |
Conservatives tend to be: | Wealthy, male, in power. |
Political "right" | Conservative |
Political "left" | Liberal |
Invention responsible for changing the style of painting from realism to Impressionism: | The camera |
What Karl Marx predicted would happen to Capitalism: | The proletariat would VIOLENTLY overthrow the bourgeoisie and take over the means of production - sharing everything |