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Sexton chapter 7
Bellevue West Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enclosure | The movement that increased farm production |
| Factory | New inventions in the textile industry made it necessary to change from the "putting out system" to producing cloths |
| Turnpike | A privately built road that charged travelers a fee |
| Urbanization | The movement of people from the country to cities |
| Tenement | Multistory buildings divided into crowded apartments |
| Utilitarianism | Is the idea that the goal of society should be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of it's citizens |
| Socialism | Society as a group rather than individuals should own and operate farms and businesses |
| Communism | A form of socialism that focuses on ending class struggle |
| Proletariat | The working class |
| John Stuart Mill | Thinker who argued that actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they cause pain |
| John Wesley | Founder of the Methodist Church |
| Karl Marx | Philosopher who thought that history was a struggle between classes |
| Jethro Tull | Inventor of the seed drill |
| Thomas Malthus | Economist who predicted that a population would outpace the food supply |
| Anesthetic | Drug that prevents pain during surgery |
| Smelt | Melt in order to get the pure metal away fron its waste matter |
| Capital | Money or wealth |
| Labor Union | Workers' organization |
| Means of Production | Farms, actories, railways, and other large businesses that produce and distribute goods. |