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Industrial Revolution
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Social Studies
9th Grade
05/02/2013

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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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Boxer Rebllion
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Revolt in China where the Chinese attempted to remove all foreigners from their country.
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Manifestation
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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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Laissez-Faire
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Economic principle that government should not regulate businesses.
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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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Karl Marx
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A philosopher who introduced the world to communism, wrote the Communist Manifesto.
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Socialism
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A political theory advocating state ownership of capital.
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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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Laborlaws
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The laws employers must follow when working with their employers.
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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.
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Raw materials
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Resource in its natural state such as a mineral that can be used to make a product.
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