Chapter 22 Key Terms Flashcards

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spinning jenny

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allowed a weaver to spin more than one thread at a time (James Hargreaves in the 1760s)

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water frame

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used waterpower to drive the spinning wheel (Richard Arkwright 1769)

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3
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James Hargreaves

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created the spinning jenny

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Richard Arkwright

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created the water frame and is considered the father of the factory system

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5
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Eli Whitney

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best known for developing the cotton gin, an inventor that created interchangeable parts, which changed the industry forever

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interchangeable parts

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the idea that all parts to make a product are the same and can easily be replaced when broken

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steam engine

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a new power source that harnessed coal power to create steam which generated energy for machines in textile factories

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8
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James Watt

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created the steam engine

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9
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steamship

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a ship that was powered by a steam engine and could travel easily upstream which revolutionized transportation of products

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10
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crop rotation

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rotating different crops in and out of a field each year

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11
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seed drill

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a device that efficiently places seeds in a designated spot in the ground

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12
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seaways

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routes on the Atlantic Ocean that were used by Britain

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13
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raw materials

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the input goods or inventory that a company needs to manufacture its products

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14
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fossil fuels

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an energy source derived from plant and animal remains

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15
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Transcontinental Railroad

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railroad that connected the Atlantic and pacific oceans and facilitated US industrial growth

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16
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second industrial revolution

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occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and had innovations in steel, chemicals, precision machinery, and electronics

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Trans-Siberian Railroad

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railroad that stretched from Moscow to the Pacific Ocean, allowing Russia to trade with countries in East Asia

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18
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Bessemer process

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the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.

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19
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urbanization

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the growth of cities

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20
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Protestant work ethic

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the religious importance attached to laboring at one’s job

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21
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Meiji

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the first half of the Empire of Japan

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22
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Otto van Bismarck

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Prussian leader who started workers accident compensation insurance, unemployment insurance and old age pensions for employees

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23
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Industrial Revolution

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the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines (1760-1840)

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24
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industrialization

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not only the increased mechanization of production, but also the social changes that accompanied this shift

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25
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cottage industry

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merchants provided raw cotton to women who spun it into finished cloth in their own homes

26
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putting-out system

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another word for the cottage industry

27
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factory system

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a method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor

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division of labor

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each worker specializes in a specific task so that tasks get done faster

29
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assembly line

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it is each workers job to do one small part, so that things could be assembled much quicker by moving down the line of people doing simple tasks

30
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agricultural revolution

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predated the industrial revolutions in the 1700s and resulted in increased productivity

31
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enclosure movement

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the government fenced off the commons in order to give exclusive use of it to people who paid for the privilege for who purchased the land

32
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Manchester

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urban areas that small farmers moved to during the enclosure movement

33
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Liverpool

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urban areas that small farmers moved to during the enclosure movement

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capital

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money available to invest in businesses

35
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human capital

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the workforce

36
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consumerism

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the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.

37
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corporations

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businesses chartered by a government as a legal entity

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stockholders

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individuals who buy partial ownership directly from the company when it is formed or later through a stock market

39
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stock market

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venues where buyers and sellers meet to exchange equity shares of public corporations

40
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monopoly

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when corporations became so powerful that they controlled all aspects of a specific business and eliminated all competition

41
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The Wealth of Nations

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a foundational text in support of capitalism and the establishment of private entrepreneurship

42
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Adam Smith

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wrote the wealth of nations and advocated for capitalism and the “invisible hand” of the market as well as “laissez faire” economy

43
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capitalism

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an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

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laissez faire

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opposed all government regulations that limited business

45
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John Stuart Mill

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an English philosopher who was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism

46
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utilitarianism

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the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.

47
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socialism

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a system in which major resources and industries would be owned by the workers or the government on behalf of all people

48
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utopia

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n imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members

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Karl Marx

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a German scholar and writer who was critical of utopian socialists

50
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Friedrich Engels

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a German philosopher who was the father of communism

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The Communist Manifesto

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a pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848.

52
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means of production

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machines, factories, mines, and land

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communism

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Marxist socialism that advocated for class war and led to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

54
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tenement

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shoddily constructed apartment buildings that were often owned by factory owners and were located in urban slums

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slums

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areas of cities where low income families were forced to live

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working class

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slum dwellers who labored in factories an coal mines

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white collar

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those held by office workers

58
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captions of industry

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newly wealthy industrialists and owners of large corporations

59
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cult of domesticity

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idealizing the female homemaker and encouraged women to buy household products that would make the home a husband’s place of respite from a harsh modern world

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labor unions

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organizations of workers that advocate for the right to bargain over these patterns with employers and put the resulting agreements in a contract

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proletariat

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one of the two basic classes that capitalism broken society into

62
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bourgeousie

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one of the two basic classes that capitalism broken society into