Industrial Revolution and Imperialism in Latin America
Industrial Revolution and Imperialism in Latin America
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- increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s and continued into the 1800s
- period of increased crop productivity created by new machines, enclosures, and crop rotation in 1600-1700s
- the resources - including land, labor, and capital - that are needed to produce goods and services
- new seeding and harvesting methods that vastly increased crop yields and preserved the fertility of the land
- fenced-in large farms created by wealthy British landowners on land that was formerly owned by small farmers
- the growth of cities and the migration of people into them
- a person who organizes and manages the factors of production, and takes on the risks of a business
- a social class of skilled workers, professionals, business people and wealthy farmers
- a business in which people have bought stock so they can share in its profits
- a stronger country taking control of territory, usually to get resources and have new markets
- Independent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests, not another country
- built a spinning machine from his memory of working in England and brought textile machinery to the U.S.
- created an efficient steam engine that was much more usable for factories
- revolutionized the American textile industry by opening up a weaving factory in Waltham, Massachusetts
- invented the cotton gin, which cleans cotton much faster than before
- made big profits as the owner of a steel corporation
- a wealthy Venezuelan creole, nicknamed Libertador because he led South America to independence from Spain
- a writer who was exiled from Cuba but then became the leader of the Cuban revolution against Spain
- the man who inspired creole support for the Mexican revolution against Spain, who was executed as a traitor
- elected President of the United States in 1817 and issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823.
- a creole revolutionary from Argentina who fought Spain before he retired and gave his troops to Bolivar
- served as Mexico's president four times, a powerful caudillos in Latin America before he lost his power
- started La Reforma movement to fight for improved conditions in Mexico
- a caudillo of Mexico who ruled harshly with the slogan "Order and Progress."
- wanted to bring democracy to Mexico, and overthrew Diaz to do it.
- took control of Mexico with U.S. and rich landowner support, so unpopular he caused Civil War in Mexico.
- colonists in Latin America who were born in Spain
- individuals who were born in Latin America to Spanish parents
- individuals of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
- the military dictator of a Latin American country who rules through military force
- a short 3 month war fought between the United States and Spain that started over Cuban independence
- a man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans built by the United States and opened in 1914
- a U.S. policy to prevent European interference in Latin America and the Western Hemisphere in 1823
- 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine, it made the U.S. an international police power that would use force
- a small nation in Latin America that is dependent on one cash crop and controlled by foreign businesses
- economic system with some of the factors of production owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all
- economic system with all means of production owned by the people, and everything is shared equally
- economic system based on private ownership where investment of money in businesses is done to make profit
- the father of Communism, wrote the Communist Manifesto, believed a classless society of equals develop
- the idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses
- an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages
- the right for women to vote
- an infectious disease that is spread by contact with or water containing the cholera bacteria
- to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands
- a large building divided into apartments in a poor area of a city, usually poorly constructed or maintained
- a crop that is grown to be sold, rather than used by the people who grew it or locally
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