Industrial Revolution - Nationalism

Question 1

Industrial Revolution

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a period of rapid growth and development where we saw revolutions in transportation, communication and industry. this revolution brought about a change to society and the workplace and ultimately ushered in the modern world

Question 2

Enclosure Movement

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When small farms are being bought by larger farms, making it so there are less and less total farms, pushing people to the cities

Question 3

Urbanization

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the population shift from rural to urban

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Steam Engine

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invented by James Watts, allowed for the machines that fueled the Industrial Revolution

Question 5

Railroads

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The invention that made the transportation of huge amounts of good over vast distances over land possible

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Canals

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an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland

Question 7

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, rather than by the state.

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Socialism

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a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

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Communism

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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

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Communist Manifesto

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The political pamphlet written by Karl Marx, where is ideas of Communism are shared. written in 1848

Question 11

Assembly Line

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A new way of making goods very efficiently, where each worker did the same part of a product over and over again. Henry Ford brought this innovation to the automobile industry

Question 12

Trust

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a group of companies that work together to control an entire industry and keep prices up

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Monopoly

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when a single company is the only supplier of a good or service. without competition, prices are kept high.

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Supply and Demand

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The economic idea that if there is a low supply and high demand, prices were high, and if there is a high supply and a low demand, prices are low. Adam Smith’s idea.

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Laissez-faire

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a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. no regulation from government in the economy.

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Labor Unions

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groups of workers that would unite together to have more bargaining power with their employers.

Question 17

Proletariat

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the workers, the have-not’s

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Bourgeoisie

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the factory owners and wealthy, the Have’s

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Collective Bargaining

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when labor unions would have more power because there were more people threatening to quit or strike if demands were not met.

Question 20

Robber Barons

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a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices.