industry Flashcards

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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 business 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

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tenement

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overcrowded, slum housing

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corporation

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business that is owned by many people, not just one person

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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 waste, eliminating wasted time, money, energy, resources

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productivity

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measures of 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 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

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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 favoritism toward non-immigrants (natives)

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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

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policy

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a course of action, it answers the question, how are we going to do things

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legislation
laws or lawmaking
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antitrust legislation
laws against monopolies/trust
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labor
work or workers
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labor union/ labor organization/organized labor
workers that get together (organize) for better wages, working conditions, and hours
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collective bargaining
working 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, and 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 steelworkers, there was a gunfight 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 and a riot
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unregulated working conditions
unregulated=no government oversight | working conditions =what the environment
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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
government telling what business what they can and cant do
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political parties
republicans, democrats, green party, libertarian party
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interest parties
a group of people who want something from the government
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public opinion
what the people think
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the media
``` the forms of mass communication newspaper tv magazines radios ```
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leisure
free time used for reaxing
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standard of living
how hard or easy your life is