World History Industrial Revolution Vocabulary

These flashcards cover key vocabulary terms related to the Industrial Revolution, providing definitions for important concepts that students need to understand.

Interchangeable Parts

Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing.

Assembly line

A production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks.

Stock

Shares in a company.

Corporation

A 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

The theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain microbes.

Urban Renewal

The process of fixing up the poor areas of a city.

Mutual-aid Society

Self-help group to aid sick or injured workers.

Temperance Movement

Campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages.

Racism

Belief that one racial group is superior to another.

Cult of Domesticity

Idealization of women and the home.

Women's Suffrage

Right of women to vote.

Realism

19th-century artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is.