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The Industrial Revolution
Vocabulary Review
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History
9th Grade
03/04/2012

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anesthetic
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a drug that prevents pain during surgery; first used by an American dentist
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enclosure
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the process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers
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smelt
Definition
separating iron from its ore
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capital
Definition
money used to invest in something
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enterprise
Definition
a business organization in an area such as shipping or factories
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entrepreneur
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those people who managed and assumed the financial risks of starting new businesses
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putting-out system
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also the cottage industry; raw cotton was given to peasant families who spun it into thread and then wove it into cloth
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turnpike
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private roads built by entrepreneurs who then charged a fee
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urbanization
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the movement of people to cities
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tenement
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multistory buildings divided into apartments; had no running water or sanitation system
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labor union
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worker's organizations; worked for reform
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utilitarianism
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the idea that the goal of siciety shouold be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number"
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socialism
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the idea that people as a whole (not individuals) would own and operate all farms, factories, railways, etc.
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means of production
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the farms, factories, railways etc that produced and distributed goods
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communism
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the system in which governments led by a small elite controlled all economic and political life
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proletariat
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the "have-nots", the working class in comunist system
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social democracy
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a political ideology in which there is a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism instead of sudden violent overthrow of the system
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