Terms
What are reasons (factors) that force people out of one region towards another? (Example: War)
Push Factors
Known as the Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The "birthplace" of the Industrial Revolution
England
What energy sourced powered most the of the machines during the industrial revolution?
Coal
What economic term translated to English as "free to do"
Laissez Faire
What is small scale business/company that employed few people it has been called the domestic system.
Cottage Industry
John D. Rockefeller
Where did the Haymarket riots take place?
Chicago
What is a method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor.
factory system
Things like economic opportunity, & religious freedom would be considered________ __________?
Pull Factors
Urbanization
The inventor of the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
Company Towns
What are the 3 factors of production
land, labor, capital
What labor union received harsh criticism after the Haymarket riots in Chicago?
Knights of Labor
What is does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Inventor of the Radio
G. Marconi
What was the name of housing most factor worker were forced to live in?
Tenement housing
What time period was known for advances in farming and agricultural production?
Agricultural revolution
Who wrote the communist manifesto?
Karl Marx
a process where individuals or employees develop specific skills and expertise to perform certain activities.
Specialization
Inventor of the Telegraph
Samuel Morse
Vanderbilt built the Grand Central Depot in what major U.S. city?
NYC
What political movement grew in popularity during the industrial revolution?
Socialism
What percentage of the work force was made up of children under the age of 9?
5%