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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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those who manage and assume the financial risk of new businesses

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Entrepeneurs

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2
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the working class

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proletariat

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3
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the movement of people to cities

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urbanization

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4
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a private toll road

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turnpike

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5
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a drug that prevents pain during surgery, patented by a dentist

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anesthetic

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6
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During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?

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People migrated from rural areas to cities

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7
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The first factory developed in what industry?

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textiles

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8
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The Luddites were a ________

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labor organization

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9
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Thomas Malthus discouraged vaccinations because ________

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disease was a natural means of population growth

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10
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Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it ________

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created prosperity for a few and poverty for many

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11
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I improved Newcomen’s steam engine by making it more efficient

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Watt

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12
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Darby improved iron by using what to smelt it?

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Charcoal

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13
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“The greatest happiness for the greatest number of people” was the mantra of which group?

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Utilitarians

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14
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Utilitarian business owner who set up a community in New Lanark, Scotland

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Owen

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15
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Marx’s term for the working class

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Prolateriat

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16
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Who discouraged vaccinations to keep the population under control?

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Malthus

17
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Who developed the “Iron Law of Wages”?

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Ricardo

18
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An unrestricted free market was the idea of which people?

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Lassiez-Faire Economics

19
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This group established communities where all land and labor were shared equally ______

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Utopians

20
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Which group did employers prefer to hire because they could pay them less?

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Women

21
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This was a labor organization that smashed machines

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Luddites

22
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The removal of seeds from cotton by hand before factories was part of the

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Putting Out System

23
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The working class lived in ______ in the cities

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tenements

24
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people who invested money into new business ventures were called

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entrepeneurs

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