7th Grade Social Studies: Industrial Revolution - Terms Flashcards
Development of rivalries and alliances within the same country based on geographic or economic differences. It created conflicts between the North and South and ultimately led to the Civil War.
Sectionalism
It is an economic system in which trade, industry and the means of production are controlled by private owners with the goal of making profits.
capitalism
A time period where goods went from homemade (homespun) to mass-produced by machines. It increased inventions, jobs, population in cities and immigration.
Industrial Revolution
An extreme shortage of food. Ex: The Irish and the potato famine.
famine
A place where a higher population of people live. (Ex: cities or towns)
Urban
A person who moves from one country to another. A major cause of immigration includes religious and political persecution and poverty.
immigrant
Uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces.
interchangeable parts
An artificial (man-made) waterway.
canal
A system of bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency.
factory system
The cultivation of land (ex: farming)
Agarian
A person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigration.
nativist
The use of interchangeable parts and assembly lines to make large quantities of identical goods.
mass production
