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| dynamo | a machine that generates electricity |
| interchangeable parts | identical components that could be used in place of one another |
| assembly line | workers add parts to a product that moves along a belt from one work station to the next; makes production faster and cheaper |
| stock | a share of a company |
| corporation | businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock |
| germ theory | theory that certain microbes cause specific infectious diseases |
| urban renewal | rebuilding of the poor areas of a city |
| mutual-aid societies | self-help groups to aid sick or injured workers |
| standard of living | measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society |
| cult of domesticity | idealization of women and the home |
| temperance movement | a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages |
| women's suffrage | women's right to vote |
| racism | the belief that one racial group is superior to another |
| social gospel | a movement that urged Christians to social service |
| romanticism | cultural movement that glorified nature and sought to excite strong emotions in their audiences |
| realism | artistic movement that attempted to represent the world as it really was |
| impressionism | school of painting that tried to capture the fleeting first impression made by a scene or object |
| Bessemer process | process that purifies iron ore and produces steel |
