Modern World History Matching
Matching section for the Modern World History Mid Term
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- James I
- First Stuart king if England
- Urbanization
- The movement of people from the country to cities
- Catherine the Great
- Empress of Russia who began state-supported education for boys and girls
- February Days
- iron railings, overturned carts, paving stones, and toppled trees blocked the streets of Paris
- Bourgeoisie
- The wealthiest members of the Third Estate
- Louis Napoleon
- President after Napoleon who cared about social problems, proclaimed himself emperor as the title Napoleon
- Louis XVI
- "Let all three estates list their grievances to me"
- Moliere
- French actor-playwright who produced comedies that made fun of French society
- Impressionism
- A style of painting that tries to capture the fleeting effects of light on an object
- Robespierre
- "Lives must be sacrificed for liberty"
- Social Gospel
- Protestant churches in Europe and the United States urged their worshipers to become involved in a movement to help others known as the social gospel
- Sans- Culottes
- Radical working-class men and women
- Simon Bolivar
- Young creole that was inspired by the ideals of "liberty, equality, and fraternity" (Liberator)
- Philip II
- King of Spain who advanced Catholic power throughout the world
- Blockade
- A military tactic through which ports are shut off to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
- Miguel Hidalgo
- Rang church bells summoning the people to prayer
- Frankfurt Assembly
- Group trying to create a constitution for Germany
- Nationalism
- A feeling of pride in, and intense devotion to, one's country
- Utilitarianism
- The idea that the goal of society should be the "greatest happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens
- Toussaint L'Ouverture
- Led slaves in revolts, earned Haiti's independence
- Richelieu
- French cardinal who strengthened the central government by destroying the power of the nobles
- Henry Bessemer
- British engineer who invented a process to produce steel
- Frederick the Great
- King of Prussia who used the army to strengthen the nation's power
- Racism
- Belief that one racial group is superior to another
- Ideology
- System of though or belief
- Impressionism
- Artists who were part of a movement called impressionism aimed to excite strong emotions with their work
- Louis Pasteur
- French doctor who proved the "germ theory"
- Enclosure
- The movement that increased farm production
- Turnpike
- A privately built road that charges travelers for a fee
- Corporation
- A business owned by stockholders
- Realism
- An artistic movement that attempted to represent the world as it is
- Interchangeable parts
- Identical components that speeded both assembly and repair because they could be used in place of one another
- Romanticism
- Painters focused on capturing fleeting visual impressions
- John Dalton
- Quaker schoolteacher who developed modern atomic theory
- Elizabeth I
- Queen of England who encouraged sea captains to plunder Spanish treasure ships
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Author of Don Quixote
- Oliver Cromwell
- Leader of the Roundheads in the English Civil War
- Clemens von Metternich
- Ruler of Austrian politics for 30 years, became prime minister of Austria, favored war against France
- Louis Philippe
- The "Citizen King," owed his throne to the people, got along well with the liberal bourgeoisie
- Olympe de Gouges
- "Woman's rights are the same as those of man"
- Emigre
- A person who fled revolutionary France to live in another country
- Cartel
- When a group of large businesses band together to control a single industry
- Louis XVIII
- Took rule when Napoleon was abdicated and issued the Charter of French Liberties
- Factories
- New inventions in the textile industry made it necessary to change from the "putting out system" to producing cloth in factories
- Social Darwinism
- The idea that the fittest would always beat out their competitors, whether in war or industry
- Proletariat
- The working class
- Assembly Line
- A way of organizing workers and machines in order to assemble a finished product efficiency
- Suffrage
- The right to vote
- Corporation
- A business owned by stockholders
- Maria Theresa
- First woman to rule the Hapsburg lands
- Autonomy
- Self-rule
- Catherine the Great
- Ruler of Russia who seized territory from Poland
- Communism
- A form of socialism that focuses on ending class struggle
- Louis XIV
- French king who built a palace at Versailles
- Charles Dickens
- A realist English writer who portrayed the lives of slum dwellers
- Clemens von Metternich
- "Monarchy is the only way to save Europe from the ravages of nationalism"
- Pedro
- Ruler of Brazil
- Napoleon
- "I love power as a musician loves his violin"
- Louis Sullivan
- American architect who designed scyscrapers
- Peter the Great
- Ruler of Russia who carried out social and economic reforms to modernize the country
- El Grito de Dolores
- Father Hidalgo's speech meaning "The Cry of Dolores," it called for Mexicans to fight for "Independence and Liberty"
- Socialism
- Society as a group rather than individuals should own and operate farms and business
- Socialism
- An economic system in which society owns large farms and businesses