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Industrial revolution
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History
9th Grade
05/02/2013

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Boxer rebellion
Definition
revolt in china where the Chinese attempted to remove all foreigners from their country.
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slums
Definition
A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.
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socialism
Definition
A political theory advocating state ownership of industry.
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urbanization
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The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.
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laissez-faire
Definition
economic principle that government should not regulate businesses.
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factory
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A place where things are made.
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proletariat
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A social class comprising those who do manual labor of work for wages.
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nationalism
Definition
The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.
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union
Definition
An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.
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capitalism
Definition
An economic system based on private ownership of capital.
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raw material
Definition
resource in its natural state such as a mineral.
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labor laws
Definition
The laws employers must follow when their employees.
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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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manifest destiny
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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 Pacific oceans.
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Karl marx
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A philosopher who introduced the world to communist.
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Adam Smith
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His book, The Wealth of Nations, describes his theory on free trade, otherwise known as laissez-faire economics.
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Otto Von Bismark
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Used a policy of blood and iron to unite German states.
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assembly line
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Ford used this to make mass production of cars. It is a moving belt carrying unfinished car parts past workers. Each worker put on a single task such as one worker putting on the engine and the other putting on the steering wheel.
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bourgeoisie
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The social class between the lower and upper classes.
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