Barron's AP World - Chapter 18 Industrialization and the Growth of Democracy Part 2
This deck covers important concepts, figures, and movements related to industrialization and the growth of democracy, as outlined in Chapter 18 of Barron's AP World. It includes key terms and influential individuals from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
collective bargaining
negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
Key Terms
collective bargaining
negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions
unions
groups of workers who came together to engage in collective bargaining and advocate for themselves
abolition
the movement to end the slave trade, as well as slavery itself; the wave of reform sentiment enhanced this movement
Declaration of Sentiments
a statement of rights based on the Declaration of Independence, it was issued by women suffragists who held a convention in Seneca Falls in 1848
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
two prominent women from the US who were involved in the suffrage movement
Emmeline Pankhurst
a prominent woman from Britain who supported the suffrage movement
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
collective bargaining | negotiations between employees and employers for higher salaries and improved working conditions |
unions | groups of workers who came together to engage in collective bargaining and advocate for themselves |
abolition | the movement to end the slave trade, as well as slavery itself; the wave of reform sentiment enhanced this movement |
Declaration of Sentiments | a statement of rights based on the Declaration of Independence, it was issued by women suffragists who held a convention in Seneca Falls in 1848 |
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton | two prominent women from the US who were involved in the suffrage movement |
Emmeline Pankhurst | a prominent woman from Britain who supported the suffrage movement |
rotten boroughs | districts with relatively low numbers of residents (and thus more representation per person); England redrew it’s districts to eliminate these, in order to properly reflect the population of the growing industrial cities |
Chartist movement | in 1838, this group presented to Parliament a document requesting: universal manhood suffrage, annual elections for Parliament, the use of the secret ballot, an end to property requirements to become a member of Parliament, salaries for members of Parliament. Parliament was initially unresponsive, but by 1900 had passed all of these things |
House of Commons | during the industrial period, power in the British government was shifted to this house, and the British monarch was reduced to the status of a figurehead |
Thomas Edison | an American inventor who invented the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture camera |
Guglielmo Marconi | an Italian inventor who in 1895 produced the first radio |
Henry Ford | a US citizen who manufactured inexpensive automobiles through the use of the assembly line |
Wilbur and Orville Wright | two American brothers who flew the first gasoline-powered airplane |
Louis Pasteur | a scientist who developed the process of pasteurization to kill bacteria in milk and other liquids; his experiments also led him to establish the germ theory of disease |
Joseph Lister | a citizen of Great Britain, knowledge of Pasteur’s work led him to cleanse his surgical wards with an antibacterial solution, drastically reducing the number of post-surgical deaths among his patients |
Dmitri Mendeleev | a Russian chemist who developed the Periodic Table of the elements |
Marie and Pierre Curie | they discovered radioactivity |
Albert Einstein | a scientist who developed many theories and scientific breakthroughs, and also studied the nature of the atom |
Charles Darwin | an English biologist who proposed the theory of evolution |
Sigmund Freud | the Austrian physician who developed psychoanalysis |
psychoanalysis | an intensive therapy to assist patients in dealing with psychological problems |
social Darwinism | the application of the theories of Charles Darwin to human society; it supported the notion that some races were superior to others, and was used by many nations to justify their quest for empire |