 | Term | Definition |
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drop in death rate (more food; less famine, epidemics, & war) |
what was the main cause for the dramatic population growth in the 19th c.? |
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the great hunger |
what event happened in Ireland b/c of a potato blight? |
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1845 |
what year did the Great Hunger occur? |
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Ireland |
what was the only country that had a declining pop. in the 19th c.? |
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mass urbanization |
what caused the rapid developement of the modern city after 1800? |
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adulteration of food |
when merchants decieved consumers by substituting/adding wierd/poisonous substances to food to make it look good? |
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social mobility |
why was the new Industrial Middle class able to develope? |
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entrepreneurs and factory owners |
who were the new members of the I. Middle class? |
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business aristocracy |
what where the Industrial elite aka? |
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Industrial caste system |
what do the new Industrial elite, Indust. Middle class, and the Proletariat illustrate? |
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Proletariat |
what was the new Industrial working class called? |
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increasing labor pool |
why was the Proletariat able to be exploited? |
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women and children |
who had the worst jobs? |
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mining industry |
what industry had the worst jobs? |
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standard of living for poor |
the statement, "the rich got richer, the poor got poorer," illustrates that what was worsening? |
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yes |
did the liberal people want change? |
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bourgeoise & gentry, no |
who were the conservatives? did they want change? |
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Disparity b/t rich and poor was growing |
what was the reality (I.Rev.: positive vs. negative)? |
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french rev. |
what made Parliament conservative/slow to make reforms. |
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combination acts |
what acts made unions and strikes illegal? |
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combination acts |
what acts showed that Parliament refused any real reform? |
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Poor law comissioners |
what did parliament establish to observe the lives of the proletariat? |
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hopelss |
what sort of life did the proletariat have? |
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Poor Law |
what did Parliament pass to help the poor develope a work ethic? |
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poor houses |
what did the poor law force debtors into? |
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kay-shuttleworth |
who discovered the cause of cholera outbreaks? |
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public water |
what was discovered to be the cause of cholera outbreaks? |
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local city governments |
who did kay-shuttleworth call on to solve the urban santary issues? |
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chadwich |
who wrote Report on the Condition of the Laboring Occupation of Great Britan in 1842? |
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luddites |
what group attacked industrialization by smashing machines? |
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chartism |
what was the first movement to politically unite the working class? |
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the people's charter |
what was the official chartist document (listing goals) called? |
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universal manhood suffrage, secret ballots, pay for MPs |
what were the chartists' goals? |
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women |
what minority had freedom b/c of factories? |
