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Unit 11 - 10th
Unit 11 - Industrial Revolution (required)
Term | Definition |
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assembly line | workers on factory lines add parts, it was fast and cheap |
capitalism | economic system based on supply and demand that stressed individuals making decision and profit |
factories | building that brought people and machines together |
industrialization | spread of factories |
Industrial Revolution (origin, causes, result) | Began in Britain because of large supplies of coal/iron and people. People moved to cities to work in factories (especially women and children) |
interchangeable parts | identical pieces could be used in place of one another |
Karl Marx | German who wrote the Communist Manifest. He said a revolution would happen between the "haves" (rich) and the "have-nots" (working class) and begin in Industrial Europe |
life expectancy | how long a person will live |
modernization | making something up to date |
rural | country, ex. Harpursville, Whitney Point |
standard of living | person's quality of life |
steam engine | power source of the Industrial Revolution |
tenements | apartments for the lower class in Europe during the Industrial Revolution |
urbanization | spread of cities |
urban | city, ex. Binghamton, Boston, London |
suffrage | right to vote |