APWH: Modern Unit 5 Essential Vocab

movements to create independent states and reunite ethnic groups in Southeastern Europe

Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Rights of Man, Jamaica Letter

access/proximity to waterways, geographic distribution of coal, iron, timber, urbanization, improved agriculture, legal protection of private property, access to foreign resources, accumulation of capital

economic system in which the goal is to produce profit for owners and shareholders

18th century book that promoted free-market economy, supply-and-demand economics, free-market capitalism

Three major political revolutions 1750-1830

Two fossil fuels that powered the Industrial Revolution

two nations unified in 1800s because of nationalism

financial instrument important to capitalism; individuals and companies buy/sell shares in companies

series of armed conflicts 1845 to 1872 between the British puppet government and the native Māori.

Puerto Rican who wrote patriotic poems that supported Cuban independence.

the first American women's rights convention at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written

Transnational bank (1865) to meet needs of Euro merchants trading w/ China

Two major political systems established as responses to the abuses of capitalism

19th century political philosopher who believed that communism would replace capitalism and result in a classless society.

Japanese state-sponsored industrialization and westernization effort endorsed by the US

Built by James Watt; powers Industrial Revolution

Two nations that made state-sponsored efforts to Westernize during the industrial age

Nationalism in the Ottoman Empire; based around allegiance to the Empire and not race, religion, etc.

major social issues in the Industrialized world 1750-1900

forms of labor organization in response to poor working conditions 1750-1900

Leader of Egypt who established cotton/textile industry in Egypt

2 pioneer feminists who wrote Enlightened works demanding the rights of women be respected

Global company based in Europe but operating in West Africa and the Congo

transportation and communication developments between 1750 and 1900

Two new social classes that developed between 1750 and 1900