Industrial Revolution Vocab
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Liberalism
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Belief that people should be free from gov't restraint
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Great Britain
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Where the industrial revolution began
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James Watt
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Improved the steam engine
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Principle of Intervention
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Right of powerful countries to maintain order throughout Europe
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Individualism
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Belief in the uniqueness of each person
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Abolition
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Movement to end slavery
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Middle Class
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One of two classes to emerge in European society during the Industrial Revolution
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Conservation
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Belief in traditional and social stability
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Natural Rights
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The basic rights of all people
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Rocket
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Famous locomotive used on 1st public railway line
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Emancipation
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Issued freedom to slaves
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Crimean War
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War that destroyed the Concert of Europe
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Romantics
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Emphasized feelings and emotion
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Plebescite
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Popular Vote
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Cottage Industry
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Production method using rural at home workers
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Entrepreneur
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Seekers of new business opportunities
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Congress of Vienna
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Addressed restoring past power after the defeat of Napoleon
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Militarism
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Reliance on military strength
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Capital
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Supply of money
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Kaiser
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Another word for emperor, particularly in Germany
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Socialism
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Government ownership and control of production
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Germany
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One of the 1st countries to be industrialized in continental Europe
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Puddling
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Burning coal to make high quality iron
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Robert Fulton
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Built the first paddle - wheel steamboat , called the Clermont in 1807
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Industrial Capitalism
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An economic system based on industrial production. Produced a new middle class called " Industrial Middle Class"
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Secede
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To withdraw
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Von Metternich
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The leader of the congress was the Austrian foreign minister/prince
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Universal Male Suffrage
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All adult men could vote
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Louis Napoleon
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Leader of the 2nd Rep of France, the nephew of the famous French ruler
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Secularization
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Indifference or rejection of religion or religious consideration
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Organic Evolution
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The principle set forth by Darwin that every plant or animal has evolved changed over a long period of time to more complex form
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Natural Selection
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Darwin believed that some organisms are more adaptable to environments than others "Survival of the Fittest"
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Realism
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Become a movement in literary and visual arts as well "usually portrayed in middle/lower"
