History Vocab ch 9
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dynamo | a machine that generates electricity |
| interchangeable parts | identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufactoring |
| assembly line | Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks |
| stock | shares in a company. |
| corporation | business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment |
| cartel | A group of companies that join together to control the production and price of a product |
| germ theory | Idea that certain microbes might cause specific infectious diseases |
| urban renewal | Rebuilding of the poor areas of a city |
| mutual-aid society | self help groups to aid sick or injured workers. |
| standard of living | Measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society |
| cult of domesticity | Idealization of women and the home |
| temperance movement | campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages |
| women's suffrage | the right for women to vote |
| racism | Belief that one racial group is superior to another |
| social gospel | movement of the 1800s that urged christians to do social service |
| romanticism | 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason |
| realism | A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be |
| impressionism | school of painting of the late 1800s and early 1900s that tried to capture fleeting visual impressions |
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