History Flashcard on Revolutions and Empires

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Which group in the Spanish Casta system led the Bolivar Revolutions, and why?

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Creoles; they were wealthy and educated but lacked political power.

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The Latin American Revolutions were a response to which economic system, and why?

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Mercantilism; it restricted free trade and benefited European nations.

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How are urbanization, railroads, and industrialization connected?

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Railroads transported goods and laborers to and from industrial cities.

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What global event influenced Japan to modernize during the Meiji Restoration?

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Unequal trade agreements and Western imperialism in Asia.

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What political change resulted from the influence of the industrial labor class between 1875–1925?

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Rise of labor unions demanding better wages and working conditions.

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How did socialism/communism emerge as a response to capitalism?

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By criticizing inequality and exploitation of workers.

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What key factor made Japan’s modernization faster than the Ottoman Empire’s?

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Japan’s smaller land area and cultural unity allowed decisive action.

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How was Social Darwinism used to justify imperialism?

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It framed imperialism as natural and part of a 'civilizing mission.'

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How did the Monroe Doctrine reflect a shift in U.S. global power in the early 1900s?

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It established the U.S. as the strongest imperial power in the Americas.

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What similarity existed between Native Americans in North America and Aboriginal groups in Australia and New Zealand during the 1800s?

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Both experienced displacement, cultural suppression, and violence by European migrants.