Industrial Revolution Concepts

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Industrialization

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The change from a mainly agricultural (farming) society into a society based on larger scale manufacturing in mills and factories.

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Agricultural Revolution

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New inventions and methods in farming that led to a large increase in crop production.

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Enclosure Movement

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Use of farm land became restricted to the owner and stopped being common land for all people.

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Textiles

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A type of cloth or woven fabric.

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Cottage Industry

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A home-based work system where families produced goods in their homes for a profit.

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Factory System

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A method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor.

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Urbanization

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Social process where people move from rural areas to cities.

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Mass Production

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The manufacture of goods in large quantities, made by machines.

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Assembly Line

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An arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product.

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Trade Unions

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An organization or group of workers who join together to negotiate pay, hours, benefits, and working conditions.