Unit 7 Review Flashcards

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free enterprise

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market system operating free from government intervention

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innovation

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creating new ideas, products or methods

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industrialization

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the process of economic development based on factory production

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urbanization

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the process of migration to large, densely populated areas, generally cities

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mechanization

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using machines in the production process

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Interchangeable parts

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more efficient way to produce goods; led to mass production; price of goods decreased

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Immigrants

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Irish came to U.S. because of potato famine, worked in factories/Transcontinental Railroad; blamed by Nativists for taking jobs away

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Telegraph

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Faster communication

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Cotton gin

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Increased number of slaves

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Manufactured goods

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Northern factories