2nd wave of industrialization Between 1870 and 1914, a second wave of industrialization spread throughout
Europe. Main building material became steel instead of iron, and the main fuel source became gasoline and electricity rather than coal and steam.
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Public Health movementSought to remedy the high disease and mortality rate that occurred in British cities. People sought to sanitize cities by creating sewage systems and cleaning up the environment
Social effects of Industrial Revolution Industrialization led to the development of self-conscious classes because there was a very clear division of labor. Overcrowding in tenements lead to the spread of diseases.
Prussian revolution of 1848
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Provisional governments new constitutionNew constitution created a strong executive. Napoleon's nephew was elected and became France's first president. He gained power and eventually was crowned emperor Napoleon III in 1870
For all three of these revolutions of 1848, liberal reforms were demanded but conservative forces crushed those demands. Many of these governments reacted by becoming even more conservative
Nobility’s opposition to industrialization
Sunday School MovementWomen led movement that pushed for education for working class children
Thanks to industrialization, Prussia became the most powerful German state thanks to its coal and iron deposits and state funded efforts to build things like railways. They also created the Zollverein agreement. This led to a unified Germany under Prussian leadership in 1871.
Zollverein agreementCustoms union which put a huge tariff on trade beyond member states, and promoted free trade within those German states. Allowed the small German states to compete economically with large unified countries like Great Britain and France
Liberalism
UtilitarianismArgues that actions should be judged based on whether ther increase the happiness of those affected by the action
Cult of domesticity The middle class had rigidly defined gender roles. The men worked in the city or at their factory, and women and children stayed home and made him sandwiches 🥪
Potatoes were a staple food in Ireland. When a virus killed the potatoes, millions of the Irish poor died of starvation. Highlighted the importance of industrializing.
Tzar Alexander 2nd's reformsDistressed at Russias defeat in the Crimean war (lost because he sent untrained serfs to their slaughter and triggered a peasant revolt). To end the rebellion, he enacted potent liberal reforms. Emancipated the serfs, created independent courts, and modernized Russia's military by industrializing. He was assassinated because he angered the nobility
Spinning jennyMade the production of textiles exponentially cheaper.
Russian conservatism in the late 1800sThe tzar claimed divine right to rule, used secret police to crush dissent, and upheld surfdom.
Temerance MovementWomen led movement that aimed to ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol
Reasons for industrialization in Britain
Mandated that a child under the age of 9 could not work in a factory, set maximum working hours for children, and mandated a minimum of 2 hours of school per day. Families falsified documents and bypassed the laws anyway
Educational reforms
Industrialization in southern and eastern europeIndustrialization struggled to take root in places like Portugal, Spain, Southern Italy, and Greece because they lacked large deposits of coal and iron. And spain was devastated after the peninsular war and lacked a stable government. Plus elites have more government control and they didn’t like industrialization
Mass-based political partiesAs European countries extended the right to vote to more and more people, political parties had to appeal to more people to win. For example, liberals and conservatives had to incorporate more reforms because a lot of people wanted them.
Bessemer processAllowed steel to be mass-produced. And it was stronger and more resistant to rust.
Newcomen steam engineDesigned to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.
Parliament repealed the corn lawsIn 1846, parliament repealed the corn laws which levied steep tariffs on imported grain. This lowered food prices and less people were needed to farm so they moved to cities.
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Industrialization
Steam engine
Nobility’s opposition to industrialization They opposed industrialization because they would loose workers as they left for cities.
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Customs union which put a huge tariff on trade beyond member states, and promoted free trade within those German states. Allowed the small German states to compete economically with large unified countries like Great Britain and France
Tzar Alexander 2nd's reformsDistressed at Russias defeat in the Crimean war (lost because he sent untrained serfs to their slaughter and triggered a peasant revolt). To end the rebellion, he enacted potent liberal reforms. Emancipated the serfs, created independent courts, and modernized Russia's military by industrializing. He was assassinated because he angered the nobility
SocialismAn ideology that calls for the redistribution of society's wealth and resources. Reaction to inequality in the Industrial Revolution
Revolutions of 1848For all three of these revolutions of 1848, liberal reforms were demanded but conservative forces crushed those demands. Many of these governments reacted by becoming even more conservative
Bessemer processAllowed steel to be mass-produced. And it was stronger and more resistant to rust.
2nd wave of industrialization Between 1870 and 1914, a second wave of industrialization spread throughout
Europe. Main building material became steel instead of iron, and the main fuel source became gasoline and electricity rather than coal and steam.
French industrialization Industrialization took hold in France much later than Britain because of its relative lack of coal and iron deposits.
Industrialization in southern and eastern europeIndustrialization struggled to take root in places like Portugal, Spain, Southern Italy, and Greece because they lacked large deposits of coal and iron. And spain was devastated after the peninsular war and lacked a stable government. Plus elites have more government control and they didn’t like industrialization
Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.
Inspired by the French revolutions, the people began demanding more liberal reforms as well. Constructional reforms and voting rights, but most of all, the unification of Germany. As they protested, Prussian king Frederick William 4th agreed to give them a new constitution and to merge Prussia into a unified German state. But while he was negotiating, the king sent troops to end the protests and the revolution failed.
Utilitarianism
Sunday School Movement
Klemens von MetternichSet the political tone for all of Europe (age of Metternich). Believed that only powerful central governments would bring order to the various states of Europe.
Cult of domesticity The middle class had rigidly defined gender roles. The men worked in the city or at their factory, and women and children stayed home and made him sandwiches 🥪
Age of Metternich
Provisional governments new constitutionNew constitution created a strong executive. Napoleon's nephew was elected and became France's first president. He gained power and eventually was crowned emperor Napoleon III in 1870
German unificationThanks to industrialization, Prussia became the most powerful German state thanks to its coal and iron deposits and state funded efforts to build things like railways. They also created the Zollverein agreement. This led to a unified Germany under Prussian leadership in 1871.
A French conservative that initially supported the revolution, but he opposed it because of the violence and the attitudes towards religion. He opposed the secularization of France. He said authority should be rooted in religious and moral principles and wanted the monarchy back.
October Manifesto (1905)
Quentin canalNapoleon built a canal that connected Paris to iron and coal fields in the north
Teaches that all forms of governmental authority were unnecessary and should be overthrown and replaced with a society based on voluntary cooperation
Companionate marriage
Public Health movementSought to remedy the high disease and mortality rate that occurred in British cities. People sought to sanitize cities by creating sewage systems and cleaning up the environment
Spinning jennyMade the production of textiles exponentially cheaper.
Edmund BurkeBritish conservative that argued that authority and hierarchy was part of the natural order of the universe and if those are in place, everything is chill. Didn’t think people were capable of governing themselves.
Impacts of railroadsRailroads increased commerce by linking distant parts of a state into a national economy and railroads also facilitated more people moving from the country into cities as well
Reasons for industrialization in BritainRaw materials (colonial empire), excellent transportation system via canals and rivers and later railroads, rise of capitalism, incentives for inventors (government rewards for new inventions), favorable government policies
General German Workers Association aimed to transform the capitalist system of private ownership of the means of production to social ownership of the means of production
Concert of Europe Metternich’s plan to impose conservatism on the entire European continent for stability. Argued for the need for organized religion, upheld the rights of the nobility and kept the balance of power. Led to a decades-long (100 years) period of peace.