Industrialization and Urbanization

The process of developing industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

• Industrialization

• Capitalism

• Urbanization

• Mechanization

The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.

• Urbanization

• Laissez-Faire

• Railroads

• Cottage Industry

Large buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.

• Factories

• Trade Unions

• Child Labor

• Division of Labor

An engine that uses steam to generate power.

• Steam Engine

• Mechanization

• Technological Innovation

• Industrialization

An economic policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference.

• Laissez-Faire

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Urbanization

An economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.

• Capitalism

• Factories

• Socialism

• Child Labor

An economic system where the means of production are owned and controlled by the state or public.

• Socialism

• Laissez-Faire

• Trade Unions

• Capitalism

The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane.

• Child Labor

• Mass Production

• Cottage Industry

• Division of Labor

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

• Mass Production

• Railroads

• Technological Innovation

• Factories

Organizations formed by workers to protect their rights and interests.

• Trade Unions

• Child Labor

• Division of Labor

• Urbanization