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Industrial Revolution
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9th Grade
05/02/2013

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Boxer Rebellion
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Revolt in China where the Chinese attempted to remove all foreigners from their country
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Laissez-Faire
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Economic principle that government should not regulate business
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Capitalism
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An economic system based on private ownership of capital
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Factory
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A place where things are made. Usually this consists of building that may have many machines to make things. Many of the things you buy in the store are made in one of these!
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Raw Material
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Resources in its natural state such as a mineral that can be used to make a product
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Proletariat
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A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
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Union
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An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
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Manifest Destiny
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The thought that it was a mission ordained by GOD that people in America should settle all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Slums
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A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
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Nationalism
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The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other
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Urbanization
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The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
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Karlmarx
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A philosopher who introduced the world to communism, wrote The Communism Manifesto
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Immigrant
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A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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Labor Laws
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The laws employers must follow when working with their employees
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Socialism
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A political theory advocating state ownership of industry
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