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54444809James Wattinventor of the steam engine, which provided the energy that ran the Industrial Revolution0
54444810Eli WhitneyInventor who, by manufacturing with interchangeable parts, streamlined industrial production.1
54444811Henry FordEntrepreneur who advanced mass production with a mechanized assembly line that moved the product through the factory.2
54444812J.D. RockerfellerAn aggressive and often ruthless industrialist who built a vertical empire around oil production.3
54444813Thomas MalthusEconomist whose dire predictions about population growth suggested that nothing could be done to relieve poverty.4
54444814Robert OwenA philanthropic industrialist who created utopian societies for his workers and their families.5
54444815Karl MarxAn outspoken critic of industrial capitalism who envisioned a classless society where all would share equally in the benefits of industry.6
54444816Sergei WitteFinance minister who aggressively promoted the industrial development of Russia.7
54444818LudditesEnglish handicraft workers who tried to halt the industrialization of the textile industry through sabotage.8
55233892ProletariatThe urban working class, the wage earners in industry.9
55233893BourgeoisThe wealthy middle class, often the managers or industrialists.10
55233894ZaibatsuWealthy Japanese industrialists who built large private industrial empires.11

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