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Industrialization Vocab 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
“the country”
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 is money
businesses competing to make money
laissez fair, 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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business of making things

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laissez fair

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“hands off” government stays out of the market.
enlightenment idea.
capitalism, market economy

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social darwinism

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survival of the fittest
everyone is competing with each other
Ex: small businesses can’t compete with big corporations and go out of business

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corporation

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business owned by multiple people rather than just one

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monopoly/trust

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one company is the only place you can get a certain good or service

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sherman antitrust act

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1st federal law to attempt to limit monopolies

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efficiency

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eliminating wasted time, energy, and money

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productivity

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inputs vs outputs

if you produce more with the same amount of resources or less your productivity goes up

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specialization

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getting good at producing or doing one thing

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interdependence

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two or more things that need each other to work

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immigration

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people moving into a country

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emigration

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people leaving a country

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migration

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moving within a country

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nativism

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showing favor towards non-immigrants

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urbanization

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cities getting bigger

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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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places located just outside of cities that aren’t as densely populated but are not rural

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policy

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a course of action

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legislation

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law or law making

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antitrust legislation

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laws against monopolies

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labor

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work or workers

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labor union/labor organization/organized labor

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workers that get together for better wages, working conditions, and hours

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collective bargaining

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workers getting together to negotiate better wages, 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, and federal militias called in to stop 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 steal workers
gun fight between workers and strikebreakers
led to a decline of union membership

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haymarket riot (1886)

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Chicago labor protest where there was a bombing and a riot

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unregulated working conditions

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unregulated=no government oversight
working conditions=what the environment is like where you work
unregulated working conditions means the government doesn’t tell businesses what the environment at work must be like

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middle class

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people who work but have a good amount of money and a relatively high standard of living

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labor legislation

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laws about work, usually about labor unions

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business regulation

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the government telling businesses what they can and can’t do

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political parties

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political groups that compete to run the government.

Democrats and Republicans

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Interest groups

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A group of people who want something in common from the government–a particular thing is “of interest” to them

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public opinion

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what the people think

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the media

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the forms of mass communication

TV, newspaper, magazines, radio

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leisure

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free time used for relaxation

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standard of living

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how easy or difficult life is for you. the easier life is the higher your standard of living

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