Industrial Revolution Vocabulary Flashcards
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Authority
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The power to give orders, make decision and enforce them.
2
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Beneficiaries
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A person who gets and advantage from something happening.
3
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Capitalism
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A country’s trade & industry controlled by private owners for profit.
4
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Distribution
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Sharing something out among lots of people.
5
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Exploiting
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Making use of a situation that is usually unfair or underhand.
6
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Hereditary
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Passing on from parent to their children
7
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Immigrants
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People who come to live permanently in a foreign country
8
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Reform
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Make changes to something in order to improve it
9
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Revolution
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Overthrowing a government by force
10
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Suffrage
A
The right to vote.
11
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Tenements
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A building usually rented by multiple people who live there.
