Chapter 19 History – Flashcards
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1. The production of ____ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.
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cotton cloth
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2. The factory created a new labor system in which
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workers had to work regular hours and do the same work over and over.
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3. By 1830, two-thirds of the British cotton industry's workforce were
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women and children.
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4. Prince Klemens von Metternich's claim that he was guided by the principle of legitimacy meant
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lawful monarchs from the royal families that had ruled before Napoleon would be restored to power.
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5. ____ is the belief that people should be as free as possible from government restraints.
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Liberalism
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6. Otto von Bismarck practiced realpolitik, which was
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a theory of politics based on practical matters rather than theory or ethics.
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7. ____ emphasized feelings and imagination as sources of knowing.
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Romanticism
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8. To Darwin, ____ was central to organic evolution.
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natural selection
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9. The British novelist Charles Dickens became very successful with his
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realistic novels focusing on the lower and middle classes in Britain.
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10. Who developed a steam engine that could drive machinery?
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James Watt
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11. The ____ was crucial to Britain's Industrial Revolution.
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steam engine
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12. The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the
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emergence of the middle class and the working class.
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13. The pitiful conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to
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socialism, in which society owns and controls the means of production.
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14. According the principle of intervention, the great powers of Europe had the right to
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send armies into countries where there were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to power.
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15. The effect of the Crimean War was to
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destroy the Concert of Europe and leave Austria without friends among the great powers.
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16. The ____ established a self-governing Canadian nation.
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British North America Act
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17. Among other things, the romantics valued
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individualism, the belief in the uniqueness of each person.
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18. Who proposed the germ theory of disease?
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Louis Pasteur
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19. ____ was a literary and visual arts movement that rejected romanticism.
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Realism
