Industrial Revolution

Our studies of the Industrial Revolution have beugn. The underlying topics in this chapter are very current for today, as we discuss capitalism, the stock market, socialism, and the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the climate. In this section we have two great movies to watch in class, "Capitalism" and "Sicko" both by Michael Moore. But, before we can get there, we have to know the basic vocab terms:

Industrial revolution

factors of production

entrepreneur

urbanization

middle class

stock

laissez faire

capitalism

socialism

communism