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WORD : urbanization. MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :. Relating to a city-movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities. USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE.
The US went through a period of urbanization in the late 18th century as people left the farms and moved to the cities.
WORD:
urbanization
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Relating to a city-movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities
WORD:
industrialization
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
overall change in circumstances of a society's movement and resources from farm production to manufacturing production (to become industrial)
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The US experienced rapid industrialization as new technologies improved production and people left the farms to work in the factories.
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WORD:
rural
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
relating to the country
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You will find a lot of farms in rural areas.
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WORD:
textiles
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
Woven cloth
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Many young women worked in the textile industry making clothes.
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WORD:
corporation
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
A business owned by shareholders and run by a board of directors
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A corporation sells shares of stock in the company in order to raise capital (money) to make improvements to the business.
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WORD:
trust
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
A combination of corporations for the purpose of reducing competition
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John Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil trust to drive out all competition in the oil industry.
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WORD:
monopoly
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a company that has no competition
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A corporation that is a monopoly has no competitors and can charge the consumer whatever price it wants.
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WORD:
consumer
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a buyer of goods or services for personal use
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Wal-Mart loves when consumers spend lots of money in their stores!
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WORD:
philanthropist
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare by giving money or time to worthwhile causes: a person who practices philanthropy (charitable acts)
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Carnegie and Rockefeller became philanthropists after they amassed a fortune in their industries.
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WORD:
production
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
the making of a good or product
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Factories often increase production during times of high consumer buying.
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WORD:
entrepreneur
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a person who sets up a new business to make a profit
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If you start a lawn mowing business, you are an entrepreneur.
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WORD:
Labor unions
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
organized groups who seek safe working conditions, higher wages, and better hours for workers
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Labor unions formed in the late 19th century to improve the working conditions for factory workers.
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WORD:
sweatshop
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a shop or factory where workers work long hours, in unsafe conditions for low wages
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Sweatshop workers were forced to work in poor conditions for low wages because they needed the job to support their families.
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WORD:
strike
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a stopping of work or withdrawal of workers‘ services, in order convince factory owners to improve working conditions
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Workers at Andrew Carnegie’s steel plant went on strike in response to a cut in their wages.
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WORD:
boycott
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
an organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain products or services as a form of protest
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Many people wanted to boycott BP Gasoline after the oil well fire in the Gulf of Mexico caused so much damage to the area.
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WORD:
assembly line
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a manufacturing method in which a product is put together as it moves along a conveyor belt.
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Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line greatly reduced the time needed to build a car, thus reducing the cost of the car.
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