Industrialization: Vocabulary

US History Life Before the Civil War The Industrial Revolution: Vocabulary
Students engage with key vocabulary related to the Industrial Revolution.

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Key Vocabulary


This experience engages students with key vocabulary related to the Industrial Revolution. The experience can be used as an introduction or a review at the end of the unit.


Which of the following words are you familiar with?

A) artisan
B) boom
C) capital
D) capitalist
E) cottonocracy
F) credit
G) cultivate
H) demand
I) factory
J) famine
K) nativists
L) profit
M) scarcity
N) supply
O) system
P) trade unions
Q) urbanization

Which of the following words are you not familiar with?

A) artisan
B) boom
C) capital
D) capitalist
E) cottonocracy
F) cultivate
G) demand
H) factory
I) famine
J) nativists
K) profit
L) scarcity
M) strike
N) supply
O) system
P) trade unions
Q) urbanization

These two polls provide a general picture of the students’ familiarity with the vocabulary words. If necessary, discuss unfamiliar words with the class.


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