industrial revolution Flashcards


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a work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer

strike

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an early multi-spindle machine for spinning wool and cotton

spinning jenny

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an economic system in which activity is controlled by a central authority and the mean of production are publicly owned

command economy

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a house used as a dwelling

tenement

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one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise

entreponuer

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to put or change into an improved form or condition

reform

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an arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in direct line until the product is assembled

assembly line

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an increase in population in cities and towns versus rural areas

urbanization

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refers to the factors which attract people to move to a certain area

pull factor

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an engine driven or worked by steam

steam engine

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the services preformed by workers for wages as distinguished from those rendered by entreponuers for profit

labor

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the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets

globalization

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of, relating to, deriving from, or suitable to the class of wage earners

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