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the industrial revolution

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245350577agricultural revolutionthe seed drill and steel plow made farming easy0
245350578enclosure movementlots of small farms grouped together to become a few big ones owned by rich people1
245350579entrepreneursthe pioneers that start new things ex. Bill Gates2
245350580the british miraclewhen britain came up with capital and started trading and industrializing3
245350581cottage industrysmall cottages producing by hand4
245350582shift work24 hr working.5
245350583James Wattsteam engine guy6
245350584Thomas Edisonlight bulb guy7
245350585Alexander Graham Belltelephone guy8
245350586assembly lineeveryone doing a small part9
245350587mass productiona lot of stuff made for a little bit of work10
245350588mass marketeveryone needs things; this market provides it11
245350589division of laborseparate tasks for different groups of people12
245350590specializationhaving one field that one excels in and is an expert in13
245350591Marie Curiediscovered radium and polonium; research in radioactivity; 2 Nobel prizes14
245350592puddlingwitchcraft that made high quality iron15
245350593Bessemer Processwitchcraft that made steel from iron16
245350594Robert Fultonsteamboat guy17
245350595industrial middle classmerchants, officials, lawyers18
245350596industrial working classthe factory workers19
245350597socialismgovernment controls economy/market/capital20
245350598Karl Marxwanted a bloody rebellion against government; proletarians21
245350599proletariatmanual labors22
245350600dictatorship of the proletariatproletarians control the world in a classless society23
245350601unions/collective bargaininggroups of workers who wanted better wages and working conditions; negotiated with employers24
245350602Utopian societieslittle communities that were perfect25
245350603social DarwinismDarwin's theories about survival of the fittest26
245350604Benjamin Disraeliconservative prime minister who extended voting to middle class men27
245350605Robert Owengood environments =everyone is good; made little communities to prove his point but they failed28
245350606French Revolution of 1848overthrew monarchy; ended with fall of Napoleon and monarchy was restored29
245350607Concert of Europealliance made by prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent revolutions30
245350608romanticismdifferent forms of art portraying a love of nature; against industrialization31
245350609Louis Pasteurcreated pasteurization that eliminated bacteria in food=> people became healthier32
245350610secularizationto loosen the grip of religion on something; less supernatural and more rational33
245350611Charles Darwina guy who observed animals and founded the theory of survival of the fittest; those who adapt quickly have a better chance at living34
245350612natural selectionsome offspring will be born with a slightly altered feature that allows them to resist death while those without this feature have less chances of survival35
245350613realismaccepting the facts of life and dealing with it rather than hoping for some kind of miracle; literal36
245350614Charles Dickensa writer who criticized society through the characters and settings of his books.37
245350615modernismbeing current; connected with the present38
245350616impressionismpainters used this to give a distinct impression in their paintings such as light reflection39
245350617Claude Monetfrench painter who captured a moment with his "super-realism"40

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