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Unit 4: Industrial Revolution
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History
10th Grade
09/28/2017

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Communist Manifesto

 

 

 

Have you heard of this famous book called Communist Manifesto

 

Definition

The Communist Manifesto was a product of the social, economic and political turmoil that characterized Europe before 1850. Both of its authors, Marx and Engels, were touched by elements of this turmoil. 

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Enclosure Movement

 

 

The enclosure movement caused farmers to buy land from smaller farmers in order for them to produce more goods and get more profit.

Definition

wealthy farmers bought land from small farmers, then benefited from economies of scale in farming huge tracts of land.

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Women's Suffrage

 

Thanks to the women's suffrage , women were given the right to vote.

Definition

the right of women to vote in elections. 

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Cult of Domesticity

 

In order to figure out what a women's role in society was , they attempted to use the cult of domesticity.

 

Definition

cult of true womanhood is a term used by some historians to describe what they consider to have been a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the United States and Great Britain.

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Standard of Living

There are many different standards of living around the world, america has money and power, Africa has a terrible economy and is weak 

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  1. the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
     
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