Vocabulary for Unit IV, 1750-1914
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| 17925529 | Industrial Revolution (1740-1910) | Changes to the economy stimulated by rapid population growth, increase in agricultural productivity, commercial revolution, development of new means of transportation; involved technological change and the application of machines to the process of production. | 0 | |
| 17925530 | Enclosure Movement | Lands that were previously shared by poor farmers were taken in by landowners. "Selling of the 'commons'" | 1 | |
| 17925531 | Factors of Production | The resources necessary: Land, Labor, Capital & Entrepreneurship | 2 | |
| 17925532 | Cottage Industries | required skilled workers (artisans) that produced texile and metal products working at home and were in a capitalist system run by merchants. | 3 | |
| 17925533 | Factory System | A system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency, replaced workers at home. | 4 | |
| 17925534 | Industrialization | the process of social and economic change, usually marked by technological advancements (manufacturing based on macine power) or more efficient methods, helps to produce more capital. | 5 | |
| 17925535 | Labor Union | Organization of workers for the purpose of increased lobbying power for benefits and wages. | 6 | |
| 17925536 | Strike | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions. | 7 | |
| 17925537 | Mass Production | the making of goods in large amounts. | 8 | |
| 17925538 | Interchangeable Parts | Standardized parts that can be exchanged that helped with the speed of production and ease of repair. | 9 | |
| 17925539 | Assembly Line | The method of production that breaks down a complete task into a series of smaller tasks. | 10 | |
| 17925540 | Laissez-faire | The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs. | 11 | |
| 17925541 | Entrepreneur | Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it. | 12 | |
| 17925542 | Socialism | Started in western Europe; urged an attack on private property in the name of equality; wanted state control of means of production, end to capitalist exploitation of the working man. | 13 | |
| 17925543 | Communism | Classless society in which all wealth is controlled by the people and abolishes private ownership. | 14 | |
| 17925544 | Standard of Living | A person's quality of life based on the availability of goods and services. | 15 | |
| 17925545 | Bessemer Process | an industrial process for making quality steel at low cost. | 16 | |
| 17925546 | Telegraph | Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code). | 17 | |
| 17925547 | Pasteurization | Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food. | 18 | |
| 17925548 | Psychology | The scientific study of mental processes and behavior (nature of people). | 19 | |
| 17925549 | Urbanization | Movement of people from rural areas to cities. | 20 | |
| 17925550 | Romanticism | 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion and impression rather than reason, sought to portray passions. | 21 | |
| 17925551 | Realism | The depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation. | 22 | |
| 17925552 | Impressionism | A movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities. | 23 |
