Question 1

Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

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mass production

Question 2

Human effort directed toward producing goods and services

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labor

Question 3

any human-made resource that is used to produce other goods and services

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capital

Question 4

A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building

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factory system

Question 5

association of workers organized to improve wages and working conditions

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labor union

Question 6

an economic system in which the government owns the primary means of production

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socialism

Question 7

an overcrowded, dirty area of a city where the housing is usually in very poor condition

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slum

Question 8

domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region

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imperialism

Question 9

A government tax on imports or exports

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tariff

Question 10

The development of industries for the machine production of goods.

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industrialization

Question 11

A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing

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textile

Question 12

A cheap and efficient process for making steel, developed around 1850

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Bessemer Process

Question 13

long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

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canal

Question 14

a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.

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cottage industries

Question 15

a manufacturing method in which a product is put together as it moves along a belt

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assembly line

Question 16

period when early Americans learned how to plant and raise crops

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agricultural revolution

Question 17

Quality of life based on ownership of necessities and luxuries that make life easier.

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standard of living

Question 18

apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

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telegraph

Question 19

1733 - invented by John Jay ~ one person instead of two was needed to weave cloth on a loom

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flying shuttle

Question 20

Invented by James Hargreaves that allowed one worker to spin eight threads at a time.

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spinning jenny

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