AP Euro Topic 6.4 Social Effects of Industrialization (terms/names AMSCO)

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social mobility

the ability to move from a poorer, less influential class to a wealthier and more prestigious one

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working class/proletariat

A social class broadly composed of people working in blue-collar, or manual, occupations.

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tenements

multi-family housing usually crowded with shared kitchens and toilet facilities

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middle class/bourgeoisie

A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers

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suburbs

residential areas surrounding a city with mostly single family dwellings

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class identity

when the members of a social class were aware of which class they belonged to and consciously identified with that class and its interests21

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vaudeville

a theater show that included animal acts, acrobats, gymnasts, magicians, musicians and dancers;

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Peterloo Massacre

incident in Manchester where police attacked people protesting for Parliamentary reforms that demonstrated to working class people that they needed to defend their interests.

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labor unions

An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions

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trade unions

Early labor organizations that brought together workers in the same skilled jobs, to fight for better wages and working conditions

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mutual aid societies

voluntary associations that provide a variety of economic and social benefits to their members

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social mores

the accepted traditional customs of a particular social group

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fraternal organizations

Organizations based on ethnic or religious identity that provided social services and financial assistance to encourage people to pursue economic opportunity

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philanthropic/ philanthropy

charitable, giving

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cult of domesticity

idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands

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Factory Act of 1833

An act that limited the factory workday for children to eight hours and that of adolescents to twelve hours.

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Mines Act of 1842

English law prohibiting underground work for all women and girls as well as for boys under ten.

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Ten Hours Act of 1847

limited the workday to 10 hours for women and children who worked in factories

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