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Massive growth in cities

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Urbanization

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Identical machine made parts

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Interchangeable parts

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System of government which government actions benefit the majority

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Utilitarianism

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Land, labor, capital

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Factors of production

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Process in which one person is trained to do one job

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Division of labor

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No government intervention in the economy

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Laissez Faire

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Period of time in which manpower was replaced by machine power

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Industrial revolution

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Training to do a specific job

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Specialization

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Economic system based off of private industry

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Capitalism

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Government in which the people own and operate everything

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Communism

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Process of producing large numbers of identical goods

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Mass production

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Government owns and operates all production

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Socialism

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Process of mass producing goods based on specialization

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Assembly line

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British economist who advocated Laissez Faire economics

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Adam Smith

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What are three things that brought on the agricultural revolution?

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New technology
Crop rotation
Enclosure movement

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What was the enclosure movement?

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Wealthy farmers bought all the land

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What are four reasons why the industrial revolution happened in England?

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Factors of production
Expanding economy
Stable political climate
Natural resources

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What was the first industry in England that was affected by the industrial revolution?

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Textile industry

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How did the invention of the steam engine affect transportation methods?

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Decreased transportation times

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What are six ways the industrial revolution changed cities?

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Urbanization
Poor sanitation
Increased price on goods
Standard of living increased
No safety precautions
Leisure activities

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What characteristic defined the upper class in the industrial revolution?

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Factory owners

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What characteristic defined the middle class in the industrial revolution?

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White-collar jobs

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What characteristic defined the working class in the industrial revolution?

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Blue-collar jobs

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What were six effects of the industrial revolution?

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Nations became richer
Created jobs
Technological innovations
Standard of living increased
Creation of unions
Increased education

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How did the industrial revolution come to America?

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Samuel Slater brought factory and machine ideas to America

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What were three where is America improved the industrial revolution?

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Interchangeable parts
Assembly line
Division of labor

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What was the three natural laws that Adam Smith said the economy ran off of?

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Self interest
Supply and demand
Competition

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What was the purpose of private industry in capitalism?

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To make profits and invest

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What were five new government ideas came from the industrial revolution?

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Utilitarianism
Communism
Anarchism
Socialism
Utopian society

30
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What phrase sums up utilitarianism?

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The greatest good for the greatest amount of people

31
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What were two characteristics of socialism?

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No private industry
Equality

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What was the goal of the utopian society?

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Perfect society

33
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What was the purpose of communism?

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To create equality because there were no social classes

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