Chapter 7 Flashcards
Anesthietics
drugs that prevent pain during surgery
Enclosure
taking over and fencing off land
Smelt
to separate iron from ore
Capital
wealth to invest in enterprises
Factory
place where machines create production
Turnpike
privately owned road that charged a fee to travel on
Urbanization
movement of people to cities
Tenement
multistory buildings divided into crowded apartments
Labor Union
Workers Union
Utilarianism
The idea that the goal of society should be “the greatest happiness for the greater number of citizens”
Socialism
The people as a whole instead of private individuals
Means of Production
The large bussnisses that distributed goods
Communism
Class struggle of employers vs. employees are unavoidable
Proletariat
working class
Utopians
perfect society