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Industrial Revolution

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246192990Agricultural RevolutionA period when new inventions such as the seed drill increased agricultural production. The increase of food allowed an increase of population0
246192991enclosure movementland was given to fewer private land owners. Thisdisplaced many farmers who then went to cities to find work1
246192992entrepreneursa business who manages an enterprise. Usually given money to start up their business2
246192993"The British Miracle"Britain became the first nation to industrialize due to 5 key factors and obtaining the factors of production.3
246192994cottage industrya production business run from a household. Usually slow and specialized4
246192995shift workcaused by the invention of the light bulb. led to longer factory hours and a rotation of workers to operate machines longer.5
246192996James Watt(a.k.a. James "steam Engine Mc-Steamy") invented the Watt steam engine. improved methods of tranportation6
246192997Thomas EdisonInvented/patented the light bulb. allowed factories to operate 24/7 and increased production7
246192998Alexander Graham Bellinventor of the telephone. increased communications8
246192999assembly linea process of production where workers put products together piece by piece, with each worker having oe specific job9
246193000mass productionthe production of goods on a large scale for cheap. a mass market is required to be profitable10
246193001mass marketa large population wealthy enough to afford goods that have been mass produced11
246193002division of laborthe separation of a job into individual parts to be perfored by a worker per part12
246193003specializationtraining someone for one specific task, as on an assembly line13
246193004Marie CurieaFrench scientist born in Poland. she discover new elements and their properties14
246193005puddlinga process through which iron is cleaned of impurities and made stronger15
246193006Bessemer Processcreated by Henry Bessemer; inexpensive process which made steel from iron. increased production (steel is stronger than iron)16
246193007Robert Fultondesigner of the first successful steamboat17
246193008industrial middle classthe growing class of workers who survvived aaround the standard of living. split into upper-middle and lower-middle18
246193009industrial working classlostest class that survived on selling their labor to lowest desireable work (factory workers, miners, etc.)19
246193010socialismthe belief that the land and businesses (economy) should be controlled by the community, not the government20
246193011Karl Marxphilosopher who believed in a classless society. when an antithesis is proposed, a synthesis should be found21
246193012proletariatthe class that reliated on manual labor to earn wages22
246193013dictatorship of the proletariatMarx's belief of the proletariats attack on the wealthy resulting in a classless society23
246193014unions/collective bargainingthe process in which a labor union and an employer discuss employment relations24
246193015Utopian socialisma belief in self sustaining communities to avoid capitalism25
246193016Social DarwinismDarwins theory of adaptation to survive applied to humans26
246193017Benjamin DisraeliBritish politician who brought the Suez canal under British rule27
246193018Robert Owenbelieved that cooperative environments who bring out people's natural goodness. experimented theory in New Harmony, but failed28
246193019French Revolution of 1848overthrow of the French Republic of 1830 and established short-lived democratic republic. returned to French Empire under Napoleon III29
246193020Concert of European alliance of European Nations to protect Europe from more revolutions30
246193021Romanticisma movement of art in the 19th centurythat expressed nature rather than humans31
246193022Louis Pasteurdiscover germs and created process called pasteurization to kill bacteria32
246193023Secularizationthe separation of a belief from religion33
246193024Charles DarwinEnglish scientist; discovered the theory of evolution by adaption based on survival needs34
246193025Natural selectionsurvival based on adapting to an environment35
246193026Realismphilosphy based on facts and what is true; as opposed to abstract36
246193027Charles DickensEnglish writer who's writings criticized society and its injustices.37
246193028modernismgenre of art that is separate by its note to current ideals38
246193029impressionisma style of art using light brush strokes and primary colors to give the feeling of light on the painting39
246193030Claude MonetA French artist who used impressionism in a manner to create detailed, life-like art that captured to expression of his subject40

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