Industrialization

&

Immigration

Vocabulary

• a sudden change of direction

revolution

• having a central government, with a number of separate states, each state retains control of its own interests.

federation

• coming from another country or nation; not native

foreign

• Person or persons who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.

immigrants

• When one nation takes control of colonies and other nations.

imperialism

• any general business activity; business activities to make money

industry

• anything made up to help in everyday living

invention

• A person who creates an object or service to make life easier

inventor

• an organization of wage earners or salaried employees to get aid and protection

labor union

• The manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.

mass production

• the moving of people or animals from one location to another

migration

• Groups of people that ban together to protect or help one another

allies

• to attach or add, especially to something larger or more important

annex

• quality in a person or society that happens from a concern for what is thought as excellent in the arts, writing, manners, learning

culture

of or about the home, the household, household affairs, or the family

domestic

• a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes

alliance

• Having a strong military spirit or policy

militarism

• Being forced to join the armed services

military draft

• sole control of a commodity or service in a particular market

monopoly

• give an alien or foreigner the rights and privileges of a citizen

naturalization

• devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty

patriotism

• an bad opinion or feeling felt beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason

prejudice

• Wanting progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are

progressive

• Improvement from what is wrong

reform

• Someone who studies the world around them

scientist

• To agree with others not to work so that the employee will listen to their grievances.

strike

• Ways to improve how things are done

technology

• Carrying things across distances

transportation

• any group of persons joined together in one body.

corporation

• Person who owns a part or share of a company

shareholder

• A place of employment where people are abused and exploited by their employees

sweatshop

• thickly populated, run-down, dirty part of a city, inhabited by poor people

slum

• run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city

tenement

• To cause others to move or go into action, sometimes in the military

mobilized

• Industry dealing with fabrics

textile industry

• an early spinning machine having more than one spindle, enabling a person to spin a number of yarns at the same time

Spinning Jenny

Flying Shuttle

• Taking seeds out of cotton

Cotton Gin

• Motor that works by boiling water to create steam

Steam Engine

• Roads made with tar

macadam roads

• A means of transportation that runs on rails

railroads

• an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation

canals

• Disease caused by mining in the coal mines

black lung

• to place molten iron to the process of melting down

Puddling

Bessemer process

natural resources

exploitative

pesticides

domestic work

agrarian

industrialization

automation

detrimental

adequate

exploited

informal sector

formal sector

overseers

apprentice

intercede

indentured

migrant workers