6 - Industrialization and Nationalism

cottage industry

a method of production in which tasks are done by individuals in their rural homes

industrial capitalism

an economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing

socialism

a system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production - The harsh conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to socialism

militarism

the reliance on military strength

kaiser

the German word for “caesar”; the title of the emperors of the Second German Empire

regime

the government in power

cash crop

a crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal use

romanticism

an intellectual movement that emerged at the end of the eighteenth century in reaction to the ideas of the Enlightenment;  it stressed feelings, emotion, and imagination as sources of knowing

natural selection

a life process proposed by Charles Darwin that suggests some organisms are more adaptable to the environment than others

realism

a mid-nineteenth century movement that rejected romanticism and sought to portray lower and middle-class life as it actually was - did NOT look to the past for inspiration

William I of Prussia was proclaimed ____________________ of the Second German Empire in 1871

kaiser

Foreign investors ensured their continued domination of the Latin American economy by

draining raw materials from Latin American countries while keeping them dependent on manufactured goods

railroads guaranteed the success of the Industrial Revolution by

Goods could be moved faster from the factories to the places they would be sold.

Why did Italians feel strongly about their nationalist ideas?

All Italy was controlled by foreign rule.

In the nineteenth century, the growing confidence in science strengthened people's religious faith.

false