Unit 5 Vocabulary - The Second Industrial Revolution

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the process by which an economy is transformed from a primarily agricultural one to one based on the manufacturing of goods

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industrialization

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the population shift from rural to urban areas

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urbanization

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of or in a city

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urban

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of or relating to the country, or agriculture

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rural

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a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices

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robber baron

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a term coined by Mark Twain to describe the period in the U.S. from 1870 to 1900, a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption

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Gilded Age

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the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth

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economic

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the customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular nation, people or other social group

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culture

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any person or organization that puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage

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investor

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the act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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immigration