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Industrial Revolution
with NC details
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History
8th Grade
03/31/2011

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Term
A business that gains complete control of a certain product, service or industry
Definition
monopoly
Term
A worker's organization that tries to obtain better pay and working conditions
Definition
labor union
Term
Continuous moving process where a belt moves past workers who have specific tasks
Definition
assembly line
Term
The process of manufacturing products
quicker, cheaper and in larger quantities
Definition
mass production
Term
Known for monopolizing the steel industry
Definition
Andrew Carnegie
Term
Known for monopolizing the oil industry
Definition
John D. Rockefeller
Term
Leaders of the NC tobacco industry
Definition
R.J. Reynolds and James Duke
Term
Known inventing the light bulb
Definition
Thomas Edison
Term
Had these characteristics: low pay, long hours, unregulated, bad/unsafe working conditions, child labor
Definition
sweatshop
Term
Known for starting the assembly line idea
Definition
Henry Ford
Term
Known for inventing the telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell
Term
POSITIVE effects of the Industrial Revolution on URBAN areas
Definition
more jobs, better access to goods, better communication, better transportation
Term
POSITIVE effects of the Industrial Revolution on RURAL areas
Definition
Fertilizers, greater crop production, better transportation of goods to markets,irrigation sysyems, better communication
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NEGATIVE effects of the Industrial Revolution on URBAN areas
Definition
crowding, greater poverty, more crime, pollution
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NEGATIVE effects of the Industrial Revolution on RURAL areas
Definition
Rising cost of railroad transportation, rising cost of tools and seed, falling prices received for crops,farmers go into debt
Term
Invented the cotton gin
Definition
Eli Whitney
Term
Flew the first airplane
Definition
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Term
A time of rapid social and economic change, a switch from agriculture to manufacturing
Definition
Industrial Revolution
Term
The movement of people from rural areas to the cities
Definition
urbanization
Term
A company that raises money by selling stock to many people
Definition
corporation
Term
A group of corporations that are run by a board of directors
Definition
trust
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