Ch 25& Ch26

Britain's economy supported industrialization: overseas trade, economic prosperity, and a climate of progress contributed to increased demand for goods.

How did Britain's economy affect the process of industrialization?

Mexican Succession

How did California and much of the Southwest become part of the United States?

By allowing more land to rest and increasing nutrients in the soil.

How did crop rotation system that developed in Britain during agricultural revolution increase crop yields?

Trade was halted, communication was interrupted, and disruption of the economy

How did the Napoleonic wars and French Revolution impact the industrialization of Continental Europe?

The British blockade forced it to develop its own industries.

How did the War of 1812 help pave the way for the United States to industrialize?

Allowed men who owned a substantial amount of land to vote, they could elect the members of the House of Commons

How did the democratic reforms in Great Britain change the government?

They wanted recognition of their land rights so they accepted British rule

Why did Australia & New Zealand want to become dominions of Great Britain than be independent?

To relieve overcrowding in prison

Why did Great Britain establish a penal colony in Australia?

It found that bacteria caused disease

Why was the work of Louis Pasteur important in history of medicine?

It was the driving force behind imperialism.

How did the impact of worldwide industrialization affect the relationships between industrialized nations and non-industrialized nations?

Employees & Employers

In the 19th century, who was involved in collective bargaining?

It led the population growth, it increased food supply, and it caused farmers to lose and seek work.

In what way did the Agricultural Revolution pave the way for the Industrial Revolution?

Some of the middle class was as wealthy as or wealthier than the upper class.

In what way did the new middle class change British society?

England forbade engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers to leave the country

What did Britain do in order to keep industrial secrets from the United States?

Suffrage for all men and annual parliamentary elections

What did The People's Charter of 1838 petition for?

Declared all slaves in the confederate states as free

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

The greatest good for the greatest number of people

What government policies did Utilitarianism promote?

The Civil war speeded up industrialization, and it made the U.S. become a leading industrial power

What impact did the Civil War have on the postwar American economy?

Policy that let owners of industry set working conditions without government inferences

What is the laissez-faire policy?

Indian removal act

What policy or action led to the Trail of Tears?

To stop the spread of slavery; to build factories in the South; to offer women the right to vote

What promise by Abraham Lincoln frightened Southern states into seceding?

Election of Abraham Lincoln

What provoked secession of the Southern states from the United States?

It offered cheap transportation for material and goods

What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain?

Increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th century

What was the Industrial Revolution?

Industrialization

What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in Western Europe?

Marxism inspired revolutionaries such as Russia's Lenin, China's Mao Zedong, and Cuba's Fidel Castro.

What were the long-term effects of Marx and Engels's The Communist Manifesto?

Natural resources, labor, capital

What were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?

Factory workers by union workers

When the trade union movement began in Britain, the strike was an illegal action taken against whom?

Adam Smith

Who defended free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?