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Size of Cities - Answer Growth of factories, bringing job seekers to cities. Urban areas doubling, tripling, or quadrupling in size Factories developing near sources of energy Many new industrial cities specializing in certain industries Living Conditions - Answer No sanitary codes or building controls Lack of adequate housing, education, and police protection Lack of running water and indoor plumbing Frequent epidemics sweeping through slums. Eventually, better housing, healthier diets, ...

abolitionist movement - Answer An international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States. Creoles - Answer Native-born elites in the Spanish colonies. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - Answer Document drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declar...

Declaration Of Independence - Answer A document modeled after the political philosophies of John Locke. It altered the natural rights identified by John Locke to include "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Answer A statement of political rights adopted by the French National Assembly during the French Revolution. Declaration Of The Rights Of Women And Of The Female - Answer A statement of the rights of women written by Olym...

abolitionist movement - Answer An international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States. Creoles - Answer Native-born elites in the Spanish colonies. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - Answer Document drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declar...

Scramble for Africa - Answer Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa, France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain) acquired lesser amounts. Congo Free State - Answer A large area in Central Africa that was privately controlled by Leopold II of Belgium under direct rule. He was able to secretly treat the people of the colony very badly until he was forced to giv...

Declaration Of Independence - Answer A document modeled after the political philosophies of John Locke. It altered the natural rights identified by John Locke to include "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Answer A statement of political rights adopted by the French National Assembly during the French Revolution. Declaration Of The Rights Of Women And Of The Female - Answer A statement of the rights of women written by Olym...

Federalist = Strong Government & pro-Constitution & Anti Federalist = Weak Government & pro-Bill of Rights - Answer I can compare and contrast Federalist vs Anti Federalist Hamilton pro-National Bank Jefferson against Nation Bank - Answer List 3 things that Hamilton and Jefferson differed on. Farmers angry over taxes on Whiskey; rebelled against the government - Answer What was the Whiskey Rebellion all about? Frances wanted a bribe and the US rejected the bribe; results John Adams looks w...

Seceed - Answer to leave or withdraw Henry Clay - Answer He created the American System Monroe Doctrine - Answer Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization The South - Answer section of country whose economy was based on ...

Imperialism - Answer A policy of extending a countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force Racism - Answer Belief that one race is superior to others Social Darwinism - Answer Use of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution to explain human societies Berlin Conference - Answer Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa Zulus - Answer natives of South Africa who were fierce warriors. Were later defeated by European imperialists. Boer - Answer Dutc...

Pacific Ocean - Answer body of water Atlantic Ocean - Answer Body of Water Indian Ocean - Answer Body of Water Black Sea - Answer Body of Water Mediterranean Sea - Answer Body of Water Persian Gulf - Answer Body of Water Red Sea - Answer Body of Water Andes Mountains - Answer Mountain Range Himalayan Mountains - Answer Mountain Range Sahara Desert - Answer Desert Amazon River - Answer River Niger River - Answer River Huang He River (AKA Yellow River) - Answer River Yangtze River - A...