Ch 22 AP World History Flashcards
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| 9376414980 | Richard Arkwright | British inventor of the water frame (1769), which helped revolutionize textile production. | 0 | |
| 9376414981 | Eli Whitney | United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825) | 1 | |
| 9376414982 | division of labor | Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by different workers | 2 | |
| 9376414983 | steam engine | A machine that turns steam into power. | 3 | |
| 9376414984 | Agricultural Revolution | a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plantsman | 4 | |
| 9376414985 | Coal | A significant source of power for the steam engine and later steam ships Importance - increased trade by using trains and ships | 5 | |
| 9376414986 | industrial revolution in England | the late 18th century, a series of innovations shifted textile production to a new factory system. And cotton led the way. | 6 | |
| 9376414987 | Industrial revolution in the US | The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. | 7 | |
| 9376414988 | Second Industrial Revolution | a period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in the late 1800s | 8 | |
| 9376414989 | Trans-Siberian Railroad | railroad, begun in 1891, linking western Russia to Siberia in the east | 9 | |
| 9376414990 | Tenements | a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. | 10 | |
| 9376414991 | working class | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | 11 | |
| 9376414992 | white-collar | jobs in fields not requiring work clothes or protective clothing, such as sales | 12 | |
| 9376414993 | Cult of Domesticity | Belief in Middle and Upper Classes in US and Britain - women embodied perfect virtues in all senses | 13 | |
| 9376414994 | Consumerism | the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers. | 14 | |
| 9376414995 | Monopoly | Complete control of a product or business by one person or group | 15 | |
| 9376414996 | Labor Unions | Groups formed by workers to improve working conditions | 16 | |
| 9376414997 | Otto von Bismarck | (1815-1898) Prussian chancellor who engineered the unification of Germany under his rule. | 17 | |
| 9376414998 | Utopian Socialism | socialism achieved by voluntary sacrifice | 18 | |
| 9376414999 | Karl Marx | Father of Communism | 19 |