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7-3.4
Industrial Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrialism | a system based on the use of machines rather than on animal or human power |
| Agricultural Revolution | advances in farming |
| Enclosure Movement | Parliament allowed large land owners to fence off common lands |
| Crop Rotation | rotating crops on three fields instead of two |
| Textile Technologies | flying shuttle, spinning jenny, steam engine |
| Urbanization | the movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| Cottage Industry | where merchants went from cottage to cottage to get needed materials |
| Factory System | a method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place |
| Socialism | a system where society (the gov't) should own and control the means of production (factories, land, capital ($), raw materials) |
| Proletariat | the "have-nots", or the workers |
| Bourgeoisie | the "haves", or the owners |
| Laissez-faire | System in which businesses and consumers operate without gov't interference |
| Labor union | To promote better working conditions and pay for industrial workers |