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Industrialization Flashcards

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Tenement

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Overcrowded, slum housing

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Rural

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Areas where not many people live
In “the country”
These areas are always shrinking

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Industrialization

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Making stuff with machines in big factories Mass production

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Capitalism

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CAPITAL=MONEY Businesses competing to make money Laissez Faire, Market Economy

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Agrarian

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Related to farming

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Mechanization

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Producing stuff with machines Automation

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Industry

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The business of making things

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Laissez-faire

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An enlightenment philosophy Means “Hands Off”–the government stays out of businesses way, and lets them direct their own course Capitalism, Market Economy

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Social Darwinism

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Survival of the fittest Only the strong survive—everyone is competing against everyone else Example: small businesses can’t compete with bigger ones, so they just go out of business

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Corporation

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business that is owned by many people not just one person Example: Walmart, Sony, Ford, etc.

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Monopoly/Trust

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One company is the only place you can get a certain good or service – No competition Example: Standard Oil, U.S. Steel

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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1 st federal law to attempt to limit monopolies

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Efficiency

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Eliminating waste: – Eliminating wasted time, money, energy, resources, etc. Example: taking the shortest route to get somewhere

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Productivity

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Measure of inputs vs outputs If you produce more with the same amount of resources or less, your productivity goes UP Example: today you 10 workers produce 10 cars; tomorrow, the same 10 workers produce 15 cars. Productivity went up.

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Specialization

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Getting really good at producing or doing ONE thing. Examples: a kicker on a football team; a line worker who just bolts on the front left tire of a car

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Interdependence

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Two or more things that need each other to work. Example: – Steel Companies need railroads to ship their steel around the country – Railroads need steel to make their tracks, trains, bridges, etc. THEY NEED EACH OTHER This is a result of specialization

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Immigration

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People Moving Into a country Example: a person moves here from Italy or Mexico

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Emigration

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People Leaving a country The Opposite of immigration

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Migration

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Moving within a country

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Nativism

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Showing favoritism toward non-immigrants (“natives”) – Has NOTHING to do with American Indians! Example: refusing to hire immigrants

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Urbanization

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Cities getting bigger Urban = City

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Political Corruption

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Using a position of power to cheat and make money

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Suburbs

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Communities just outside of cities—not as densely populated, but not rural EX: Pickerington, Westerville, Dublin

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Policy

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A course of action • It answers the question: “How are we going to do things?” Example: “Late to class, no hall pass”

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Legislation

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Laws OR Law-making Examples: The Affordable Healthcare Act, Sherman Antitrust Act

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Antitrust Legislation

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Laws against monopolies/trusts

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Labor

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Work OR Workers Example: coal miners, teachers, steel workers, auto workers, etc.

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Labor Union/ Labor Organization/Organized Labor

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workers that get together (organize) for better wages, working conditions, and hours » EXAMPLES: United Autoworkers, Ohio Education Association

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Collective Bargaining

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Workers banding together to negotiate with managers for better pay, working conditions, and hours ` What labor unions do

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Great Railroad Strike (1877)

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Riots against Railroads No Unions Involved • Led to the formation of Labor Unions Local, State, & Federal Militias called in to end the violence

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Pullman Strike (1894)

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Nationwide strike by the American Railway Union Striking against the Pullman Company Lots of rioting

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Homestead Strike (1892)

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Strike of US Steel workers There was gun fight between workers and strikebreakers Led to a decline in union membership

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