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| a machine that generates electricity |
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| identical components that could be used in place of one another; simplified both the assembly and repair of products |
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| workers add parts to a product already on the belt; each person performs a different task |
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| shares in a company; sold to investors to pay for companies |
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| businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock |
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| an association to fix prices, set production quotas, or control markets |
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| the idea that certain microbes caused specific infectious diseases |
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| rebuilding of the poor areas of a city |
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| self-help groups to aid sick or injured workers, ie unions |
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| a measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society |
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| books, magazines and songs that idealized women and the home. ie "home, sweet home" |
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| a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages |
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| the unscientific belief that one racial group is superior to another |
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| a movement that urged Christians to social service |
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| an artistic style that emphasizes imagination, freedom and emotion |
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| an attempt to represent the world as it really was |
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| an art movement that took root in Paris |
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