industrualization 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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1st 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
laws OR Law-making | Examples: The Affordable Healthcare Act, Sherman Antitrust Act
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Antitrust Legislation
Laws against monopolies/trusts
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Labor
Work OR Workers Example: coal miners, teachers, steel workers, auto workers, etc.
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Labor Union/ Labor Organization/Organized Labor
workers that get together (organize) for better wages, working conditions, and hours EXAMPLES: United Autoworkers, Ohio Education Association
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Collective Bargaining
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)
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)
Nationwide strike by the American Railway Union Striking against the Pullman Company Lots of rioting
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Homestead Strike (1892)
Strike of US Steel workers There was gun fight between workers and strikebreakers Led to a decline in union membership
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Haymarket Riot (1886)
Chicago labor protest turned where there was a bombing & a riot
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Unregulated /Unregulated Working Conditions
Unregulated=no government oversight Working conditions=what the environment is like at your work Mostly related to safety Unregulated working conditions means the government doesn’t tell businesses what the environment at work must be like
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Middle Class
People who work but have a good amount of money and a relatively high standard of living
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Labor Legislation
laws about work. Often about unions
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Business regulation
The government telling businesses what they can and cannot do EXAMPLES: Minimum wage, Meat Inspection Act
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Political Parties
``` Groups that try to run the government REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS GREEN PARTY LIBERTARIAN PARTY ```
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Interest Groups
A group of people who want something in common from the government--a particular thing is “of interest” to them. Examples?
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Public Opinion
What the people think
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The Media
``` The forms of mass communication Newspapers TV Magazines Radio ```
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Leisure
Free Time--used for enjoyment or relaxing
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Standard of Living
How hard or easy your life is—the easier life is, the higher your standard of living