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Industrial Revolution
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History
9th Grade
05/02/2013

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Boxerebellion
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Revolt in china where the Chinese attempted to remove all foreigners from their country.
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Slums
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A district of city marked by poverty & inferior living condition.
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Socialism
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A political theory advocating state ownership of industry.
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Urbanization
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The social process whereby cities grow & Societies become more urban.
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Laissez-Faire
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Economic principle that government should not regulate businesses.
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Factory
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A place where things are made. Usually this consists of building that may have many machines to make things. Many of the things you buy in the store are made in one of these!
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Prolentariat
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A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
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Natiolism
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The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.
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Union
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An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.
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Capitalism
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An economic system based on private ownership of capital.
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Rawmaterial
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resource in its natural state such as a mineral that can be used to make a product.
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Laborlaws
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The laws employers must follow when working with their employees.
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Immigrantt
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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 communism, wrote The Communist Manifesto.
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