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Life in the Industrial Age
Vocabulary Review
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History
9th Grade
03/26/2012

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dynamo
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a machine that generates electricity
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interchangeable parts
Definition
identical components that could be used in place of one another; simplified both the assembly and repair of products
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assembly line
Definition
workers add parts to a product already on the belt; each person performs a different task
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stock
Definition
shares in a company; sold to investors to pay for companies
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corporation
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businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock
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cartel
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an association to fix prices, set production quotas, or control markets
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germ theory
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the idea that certain microbes caused specific infectious diseases
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urban renewal
Definition
rebuilding of the poor areas of a city
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mutual-aid society
Definition
self-help groups to aid sick or injured workers, ie unions
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standard of living
Definition
a measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society
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cult of domesticity
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books, magazines and songs that idealized women and the home. ie "home, sweet home"
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temperance movements
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a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages
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women's suffrage
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the right to vote
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racism
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the unscientific belief that one racial group is superior to another
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social gospel
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a movement that urged Christians to social service
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romanticism
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an artistic style that emphasizes imagination, freedom and emotion
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realism
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an attempt to represent the world as it really was
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impressionism
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an art movement that took root in Paris
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