Industrial Revolution Vocab

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Agriculture

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farming

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Assembly line

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Machines and workers build a product by passing work from one station to the next.

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Collective bargaining

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Negotiations between employers and employees about wages and working conditions.

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Enclosure

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fencing-in by landowners of formerly common lands

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Factory system

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Industrial manufacturing system where workers, raw materials, and machinery are under one roof.

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Industrial Revolution

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Late 1700s: mechanical power replaced muscle power for goods production.

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Innovation

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a new idea, device, or method

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Labor unions

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An organization uniting workers for better wages and conditions.

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Mass production

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High-volume, low-cost manufacture of identical items using specialization and interchangeable parts.

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Socialism

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An economic system where land, resources, and companies are state-owned.