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AP 24.766 Society and the Industrial Age – The Suffragettes
suf·fra·gette – noun
a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.Continue reading Post ID 28789
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AP 24.764 Society and the Industrial Age – What is a Tenement?
ten·e·ment – noun
/ˈtenəmənt/
1. a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
2. a piece of land held by an owner.
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AP 24.761 Ottoman – Tanzimat
The 1876 Constitution: Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the Grand Vizier, and the millets grant freedom to an idealized female figure representing Turkey, whose chains are being smashed. The flying angel displays a banner with the motto of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity in Turkish (Arabic script) and in Greek. The scene takes place in a generic Bosphorus scenery.
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AP 24.754 Khan – Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism (Compare and Contrast)
The Industrial Revolution created economic, political, and social transformations in Europe.
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AP 24.752 So What is Communism?
Com·mu·nism (noun)
– a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
– doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
– a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
– a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
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AP 24.750 What Is Socialism?
Socialism (noun)
– a political and economic theory (policy or practice) of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
– (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.Continue reading Post ID 28789
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AP 24.749 Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
“Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!”
“Workers of the world, unite!” or “Proletarians of all countries, unite!”Continue reading Post ID 28789
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AP 24.746 What is Capitalism? (1 of 2)
cap·i·tal·ism (noun)
– an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
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AP 24.745 Industrialization – The Cost of Industrialization (HOMEWORK)
The Industrial Revolution created new prosperity, but at a human cost.
The Children Who Built Victorian Britain
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AP 24.731 Victorian Age – Separate Bathrooms, Etiquette, and Strange Stuff
Remember
Victorian Age overlaps with the Industrial Revolution!
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AP 24.730 Victorian Age – What were clothing styles like during the Victorian Era?
Queen Victoria ruled England from 1837-1901.
Before this time, men were the focus of fashion, but with a queen in power, women surged to the forefront. The role of a wife became to show off her husband’s status and wealth to the public, with the husband himself receding into the background.
Many different clothing styles came and went during her reign. Continue reading Post ID 28789
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AP 24.724 Victorian Age – Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria is the 2nd the longest reigning British monarch and defined her era like no other King or Queen before her. But what made the Victorian Era so special? What benefits did the Monarch bring to the quickly changing modern world of the Industrial Revolution?
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AP 24.717 Egypt – Muhammad Ali’s Egypt
Egypt seeks to modernize through cotton textile industry
Illustrative Examples (p 105) – State sponsored visions of industrialization
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AP 24.714 Industrialization and Technology – Communication (From Telegraphy to Internet)
Telegraphy (from Greek: tele τῆλε “at a distance”, and graphein γράφειν “to write”) is the long distance transmission of textual (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
Now – The Internet is over 50 years old
From Napster to balloon-powered Internet, here is a look back at the history of the World Wide Web
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