U.S. Industrial Age

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What is industrialization?

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Countries changing from agriculture to industry

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A term used frequently in the 19th century during America's Gilded Age to describe successful industrialists whose business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical.

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Robber Baron

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A raw material from the environment that can be used to make products for food, shelter, clothing, and entertainment.

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Natural Resources

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An economic system where private individuals or organizations own and control the means of production, and prices and distribution are determined by competition in a free market.

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Capitalism

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The production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.

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Mass Production

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An arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in direct line until the product is assembled,

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Assembly Line

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Labor is another name for ____ force.

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work

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As a result of Robber Barons, workers organized together to protect their working conditions.

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Labor Unions

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The Pittsburgh NFL football team is called the Steelers because Pittsburgh had a large _____ industry.

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steel

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In the Industrial Age, Chicago had a large meatpacking industry, thus their NBA basketball team is called the Chicago _____

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bulls