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What was the middle passage
a passage slaves took to the Americas from Africa
Enclosure Acts
a act that requiring that private lands be fenced off from common lands
Laissez-faire
meant that government needed to keep their hands off the buisness money
Child Labor
when businesses hire children to do the hard manual work
Railroads
the things trains travel on
What were Plantations
farms that were really big and slaves worked on them
Thomas Edison
created the lightbulb
Karl Marx
a communist
Coal Mines
an underground system dug to find coal
Strike
when workers stop working so that they can raise awareness about not being treated well
What is Mercantilism?
James watt
created the steam engine
Adam Smith
a capitalist
Charles Darwin
Created Social Darwinsm
Assembly Line
An assembly line is a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence
What is Labor
Manual work
Steam Engine
used to power things more efficently
Communism
when the Government controls the economy
Textile Factory
A textile mill is a manufacturing facility where different types of fibers such as yarn or fabric are produced and processed into usable products
Union (Labor Union)
organized association of workers
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade
Urbanization
when people left rural areas to move to cities
Capitalism
when the people run the economy
Canal
Boycott
withdraw from commercial or social relations with as a punishment or protest.