Industrial Revolution Vocab

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Capital

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Wealth in the form of money or assets owned by a person or organization

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Trade Union

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Organized association of workers in a trade or profession formed to protect their rights and interests

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Capitalism

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An economic system in which land, factories, and other resources are owned by individuals instead of the government.

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Socialism

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A theory of government in which the whole community, rather than individuals, owns all of its property and resources

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Assembly Line

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A way of putting together a product in a factory by moving it along a line of workers

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Means of Production

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The tools, resources, and infrastructure necessary to produce goods and services in an economy

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Urbanization

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The process by which the population in cities and towns grows as people leave rural areas for urban areas

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Interchangeable Parts

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Identical components that can be substituted for one another

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Strike

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A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest

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Tenement

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An apartment building, especially one located in the poorer section of a city