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How did industrialization change how americans lived and worked?

How did industrialization change how americans lived and worked?. What is industrialization?. Industry. i ndustry (n) = a distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises (Examples: the automobile industry, the music industry, the airline industry) W hat else can you think of?.

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How did industrialization change how americans lived and worked?

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  1. How did industrialization change how americans lived and worked? What is industrialization?

  2. Industry • industry (n) = a distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises • (Examples: the automobile industry, the music industry, the airline industry) • What else can you think of?

  3. Industry • industrial (adj) = derived from or related to industry (What would the “industrial age” be?) • industrialization (n) = to become industrial; to make something industrial • -ization= a process • industrialist (n) = one owning or engaged in the management of an industry • -ist= a person

  4. Related Terms • “captain of industry” • labor (skilled and unskilled) • corporation = an association of employers and employees in a basic industry • to manufacture, manufacturing = to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery • to mechanize, mechanization = to make mechanical or to make by a machine • to mass produce, mass production = to product in quantity, usually by machine

  5. Watch the Video for This • Is this an example of skilled or unskilled labor? • What is this corporation producing? • How is this an example of manufacturing? • How is this an example of mechanization? • How is this an example of mass production? • How does industrialization change how Americans worked?

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