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Industrilization 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.(Country). These areas are always shrinking.

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Industrillization

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Making stuff with big machines in 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. It means hands off, the government stays out of the way of the business, 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.

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Corporation

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Business that is owned by many people not just one person. EX: Walmart, Sony, Ford.

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Monopoly / Trust

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One company is the only place you can get a certain good or service. EX: Standard oil.

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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 waste(money,time,energy, and resources).

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Productivity

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Measure of inputs/outputs. If you produce more using the same or less your productivity goes up.

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Specialization

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Getting really 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. This is the result of specialization.

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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. 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 towards non-immigrants.

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Urbanization

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Cities getting bigger. Urban=City.

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Political Coruption

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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 the cities. Not as densely populated as rural.

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Policy

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A course of action. It answers the questions (how are we going to do things).

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Legislation

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Laws or Law making. EX: The Affordable Healthcare Act.

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Antitrust Legislation

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Laws against monopolies/trust.

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Labor

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Work or workers. Ex: coal miners, teachers.

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Labor Union/Labor Organization

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Workers that get together for better wages, working hours and conditions.

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Collective Bargainging

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Workers banding together with manager for better pay, working conditions and hours. What labors 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, militias called in to end the violence.

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Homestead Strike(1892)

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Strike of US steel workers.There was a gun fight between workers and strikebreakers. Led to the decline of union membership.

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Haymarket riot(1886)

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Chicago labor protests turned where there was a bombing and a riot.

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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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Unregulated/ Unregulated Working Conditions

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Unregulated= no government oversight. Working conditions= what the environment is like at your work. Government doesn’t tell the business what the 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. Often about unions.

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Business Regulation

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The government telling businesses what they can and can’t do.Ex: Minimum wage.

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Political Parties

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Groups that try to run the government.(Republicans, Democrats, Green party, Libertarian party).

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Interest Groups

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A group of people that want something in common from the government.

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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.(Newspaper, Tv, Magazines and radios.

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Leisure

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Free time.(Used for enjoyment or relaxation).

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Standard of Living

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How hard or easy your life is. The easier your life is the higher the standard is for living.

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