1. CH 9 Vocabulary Slides Life in the Industrial Age

2. dynamo Machine used to generate electricity

3. interchangeable parts Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing Apple May Add Interchangeable Lenses to Future iPhones

4. assembly line Industrial production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks.

5. stock shares in a company

6. corporation Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment

7. cartel association of large corporations formed to fix prices, set production quotas, or divide up markets Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

8. germ theory idea that certain microbes might cause specific infectious diseases

9. urban renewal rebuilding of the poor areas of a city Farish Street, Jackson, MS

10. mutual-aid society self-help group set set up to aid sick or injured workers

11. standard of living Measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society

12. cult of domesticity Idealization of women and the home

13. social gospel movement of the 1800s that urged Christians to do social service You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39

14. temperance movement campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages

15. racism Belief that one racial group is superior to another

16. women’s suffrage right of women to vote

17. romanticism Nineteenth-century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason Liberty Leading the People, Dalacroix The Three Musketeers, Dumas

18. realism Artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is The Stone Breakers, Courbet The Gross Clinic, Eakins

19. impressionism school of painting of the late 1800s and early 1900s that tried to capture fleeting visual impressions

20. clogs a shoe with a thick wooden sole Whenever I wear clogs, my feet get blistered.

21. melancholy a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause An air of melancholy surrounded him. He had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work. At the center of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia.

22. monotony lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity.

23. consign deliver (something) to a person's custody, typically in order for it to be sold He consigned three paintings to Sotheby's auction house. My diamond ring is on consignment at the jewelry store until it is sold.

24. decomposition the state or process of rotting; decay The decomposition of organic waste helps to restore nutrients into the soil.

25. unfathomable incapable of being fully explored or understood Her gray eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion.

26. shrouded cover or envelop so as to conceal from view Mountains shrouded by clouds are difficult to see from our cabin. The mystery that shrouds the origins of the universe causes much debate among scientists and conservatives