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Social Studies
9th Grade
05/02/2013

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Proletarait
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A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
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Union
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An organization of emplyees formed to bargain with the employer
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Boxerrebelion
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Revolt in china where the chinese attempt to remove all foreigners from their country.
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Manifesdestiny
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The thought that it was a mission ordained by god that people in America should settle all of the land between the atlantic and the pacific oceans.
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Laissez-Faire
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Economic principle that government should not regulate businesses
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Slums
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A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
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Nationalism
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The doctrine that your naional culture and interest are superior to any other.
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Urbanization
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The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
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Karlmarx
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A philospher who instroduced the world to communism, wrote the communist  manifesto
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Socialism
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A political theory advocating state ownership of industry
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Immigrant
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A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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Laborlaw
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The laws employers must follow when working with their employees
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Capialism
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An economic system based on private ownership of capital
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Factory
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A place where things are made.
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Raw Material
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Resource in its natural state such as mineral that can be used to make a produce
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