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Industrial Rev #2
Here is the second Study Stack on Industrial Revolution.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blacklist | List of union agitators kept by factory owners. |
| Bourgeoisie | Middle class; factory owners; Marx’s HAVES. |
| Capitalism | Economic system in which there is private ownership of the means of production. |
| Charles Darwin | Scientist who proposed species evolve due to natural selection. |
| Chartist Movement | Movement aimed at getting political rights and influence for the working class. |
| Collective Bargaining | Negotiation of wages and benefits between labor and management. |
| Command Economy | Economy where prices of goods and services are set by a government. |
| Communism | Economic system in which the government owns all means of production, extreme form of socialism. |
| Competition | Economic law suggesting higher quality and better prices are created through competing companies. |
| Factory Acts | Acts passed by Parliament limiting child labor and the length of the workday. |
| Gregor Mendel | Father of genetics. |
| Karl Marx | Co-author of the Communist Manifesto; father of communism. |
| Labor Union | Organization of workers which negotiated with management for better wages and conditions. |
| Laissez-Faire | To let alone; notion that government should not interfere in business. |
| Louis Pasteur | French scientist: invented pasteurization & discovered the notion of bacteria. |
| Marie Curie | French scientist who worked with radioactive materials. |
| Market Economy | Economy where prices of goods and services are set by people and businesses. |
| Means of Production | The physical and non-financial items used in the production of goods and services; (raw materials, facilities, machinery, tools, etc.). |
| Mine Acts | Acts passed by Parliament preventing women & children from working underground. |
| Proletariat | The urban working class; factory workers; Marx’s HAVE-NOTS. |
| Reform Acts | Acts passed by Parliament extending suffrage to more and more people. |
| Self-interest | Economic law suggesting people are motivated to start businesses because of the potential for profit. |
| Supply and Demand | Natural law of market pricing where price is determined by availability and desirability of the product. |
| Suffrage | Right to vote. |