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mutual aid society
A mutual aid society is an organization that provides benefits or other help to its members when they are affected by things such as death, sickness, disability, old age, or unemployment. -
socialism
political philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic and social systems, which are characterized by social ownership of the means of production, with an emphasis on democratic control. -
Coton Gin
Eli Whitney invented this machine. This machine quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. -
James Watt
Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine. His version of the steam engine called the watt steam engine was a big part of the industrial revolution. -
Communism
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. -
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman. his inventions were, electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. -
Robert Owen
Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. -
Social Democracy
Social democracy has been described as the evolutionary form of democratic socialism that aims to gradually and peacefully achieve socialism through established political processes rather than social revolution as advocated by revolutionary socialists.
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social darwinism
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform. -
Charles Darwin
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. -
Automobile
A motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people. invented by German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. -
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the person to invent the Nobel piece prize. his idea was he wanted to have an award that was about world peace -
interchangeable parts
parts that are identical for practical purposes. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type. One such part can freely replace another, without any custom fitting, such as filing. This interchangeability allows easy assembly of new devices, and easier repair of existing devices, while minimizing both the time and skill required of the person doing the assembly or repair. -
Airplane
a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research. The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903 -
Assembly line
a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. invented by Ransom E. Olds in 1913 -
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.