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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enclosure Movement | The process in the 18th century England where small landholdings were consolidated into larger farms, reducing the amount of common land and displacing many rural workers |
| Urbanization | Refers to the increasing number of people living in cities during and after the industrial revolution, often due to the migration of workers seeking jobs in factories and other urban industries |
| Factory system | A method of manufacturing emerged during the industrial revolution, characterized by the use of speacialized machinery, division of labor, It enabled mass production and increased efficiency but led to harsh labor conditions and significant social changes |
| Capitalism | Capitalism is an economic system in which trade, industry, and the means of production are largely or entirely privately owned and operated for profit. Central to capitalism are private property, free markets, wage labor, and capital accumulation |
| Free Market | A free market is an economic system where prives for goods and services are determined by open competition between privately owned businesses, driven by supply and demand with minimal government intervention |
| Socialism | Socialism is an economic system in which the means of production (factories, land, resources) are collectively or publicly owned, with the goal of achieving greater social and economic equality, often managed or regulated by the state |
| Luddites | Luddites were a group of English workers in the early 19th century who protested against industrialization and the factory system by destroying machinery they believed threatened their jobs. |
| Communism | Communism is a form of socialism envisioned by Karl Marx where all means of production owned, private property ceases to exist, and wealth, goods, and services are shared equally among all people. |
| Bourgeoisie | The bourgeoisie is the capitalist class in the marxist theory those who own the means of production such as factories, land, or capital who exploit the working class (proletariat) to generate profit. |
| Proletariat | The proletariat refers to the working class, wage laborers, who do not own the means of production and must sell their labot to survive. In Marxist theory, the proletariat is the class that ultimately leads to the revolution against the bourgeosie. |
| james watt | first reliable steam engine |
| eli whitney | cotton gin, interchangeable parts |
| robert fulton | steamboat service on hudson river |
| Samuel morse | telegraph |
| elias howe | sewing machine |
| issac singer | improves and markets howes sewing machine |
| cyrus field | transatlantic cable |
| alexander grahm bell | telephone |
| thomas edison | photograph, incandescent light bulb |
| nikola tesla | induction electric motor |
| rudolf diesel | diesel engine |
| orville and wilbur wright | airplane |
| henry ford | model t ford, assembly line |
| jp morgan | bank |