APWH Cram Packet: Period 5 – Industrialization & Global Integration, 1750-1900

Flashcards about Period 5 – Industrialization & Global Integration, 1750-1900.

Industrialization & Global Integration Period

1750-1900, marked by the West's dominance, industrialization divides, and political and economic revolutions.

Key Events/Concepts (1750-1900)

Enlightenment, American & French Revolutions, Haitian Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Rise of Capitalism, Unification of states, Nationalism, Imperialism, Colonialism.

Technological Advances (1750-1900)

Suez and Panama Canals reduced travel times, ships and railroads increased travel, and migration movements to the Americas increased.

Raw Materials

Industrial Revolution set up mother countries that would have factories and they needed raw materials – colonies that only were used for raw materials.

Losers of the Industrial Revolution

The poor who gave the most labor but failed to get an equal share of the new found wealth and those in non-western countries who lost their raw materials and were discouraged from industrializing.

International Division of Labor

Industrialized countries produced manufactured products; less industrialized countries produced raw materials.

Banana Republics

Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and southeast Asia became highly dependent on one cash crop and economies were very vulnerable to any change in the international market.

Suez Canal

Built by British and French in the 1850s. Linked the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

Panama Canal

Completed in 1913, cutting through Central America that encouraged trade and transportation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Industrial Working Class

Increase in size due to growing population in rural areas, enclosure of land, and large-scale farming that sends more labor to urban areas.

Age of Enlightenment

The 1700s are referred to as the "Age of Enlightenment," because philosophical and political ideas were begun to seriously question the assumptions of absolute governments.

Muhammad Ali

Viceroy of Egypt, defeated the mamlukes and began to modernize Egypt. In 1811 he waged a war against the Wahhabis. Also conquered parts of Sudan and founded the city of Khartoum.

Modernization Theory

As countries become more “modern” or “westernized” then their economies prosper, their political rights grow and their social systems (healthcare and education).

Dependency Theory

Countries will never “develop” because rich countries take advantage of them and take all their valuable resources.