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54094375James Watthis improvements to the steam engine led to its wide use in industry0
54094376Elie WhitneyHe invented the cotton gin1
54094377Henry FordHe made assembly line production more efficient in his Rouge River plant near Detroit- a finished car would come out every 10 seconds. He helped to make car inexpensive so more Americans could buy them.2
54094378J.D. RockefellerHe revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.3
54094379Thomas MalthusArgued that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies4
54094380Robert OwenHe had campaigned for laws that limited child labor and encouraged organized labor unions.5
54094381Karl Marxhe was the founder of modern communism, and he wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; He also wrote Das Kapital in 18676
54094382Sergei WitteA highly influential policy maker who presided over extensive industrialization within the Russian Empire. He was the author of the October Manifesto and was the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire. He was heavily involved in economics of Russia and pursued an ambitious program of railway construction.7
54094383Bessemer Converterwas a refined blast furnace that made it possible to produce steel cheaply and in large quantities8
54094384LudditesThese were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result, they began to secretly destroy the machines9
54094385Crystal Palacean architectural masterpiece made entirely out of glass and iron, which symbolized the industrial age10
54094386Demographic Transitionmeans that the change in a population goes from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates11
54094387Socialismis a political theory advocating state ownership of industry12
54094388Communismis a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership13
54094389Proletariateis considered the working class14
54094390Trade Unionswere assosiations of trade workers formed to gain higher wages, and better working conditions15
54094391Zaibastuwere wealthy business families in japan16

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