4.9 World History Vocab Review

What is urbanization?

• The movement of people from cities to rural areas

• The process of cities growing as more people move in

• The development of farming techniques

• The building of large factories in the countryside

Who were the proletariat?

• Wealthy landowners

• Factory workers and the working class

• Government officials

• Shopkeepers and business owners

What describes the bourgeoisie (white-collar workers)?

• The ruling class of kings and queens

• Farmers and agricultural workers

• Middle-class professionals like office workers and business owners

• Factory laborers

What were tenements?

• Large country estates owned by the rich

• Small, poorly built apartments where many working-class families lived

• Luxury apartments for factory owners

• Houses built by the government for the poor

What was the Cult of Domesticity?

• A religious movement in the 1800s

• A belief that women should work in factories

• A social idea that women should stay home and focus on family and morality

• A law that gave women the right to vote

What is a nuclear family?

• A large extended family with grandparents, aunts, and uncles

• A family that lives in a tenement

• A household with only parents and their children

• A group of unrelated people living together

What did the 10 Hours Act do?

• Limited the workday for women and children in factories to 10 hours

• Required all workers to work at least 10 hours a day

• Allowed factory owners to increase workers' hours

• Gave workers 10 hours of break time each day