What is a factory system?
Production in factories
Who created the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
What was the Transportation Revolution?
A way of faster trade and travel
What is Slavery?
It is a forced labor system
What was immagration?
People traveling and moving to the U.S.
Who created Interchangeable Parts?
Eli Whitney
Who are they?
Lowell Girls
How did the railroad help?
Helped with faster land travel
What is a plantation?
A large farm for growing crops
What were Tenements?
Crowded housing
What is urbanization?
Growth of cities
Who created textile mills?
Samuel Slater
What was a telegraph?
A way to have instant communication
What was the cotton gin?
A machine used to help clean cotton faster
What is Abolition?
The end of Slavery
What is the Lowell System?
Woman workers in factories
Who were nativists primarily against
The Irish
What was the Erie Canal?
A water route
What was King Cotton?
The dominance of cotton
What was Nativism?
Anti-immigrant beliefs
What is Labor Union?
A group of organized workers
Who created the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
What was the National Road?
A major highway
What is sectionalism?
Intense loyalty to specific regions
What was Temperance?
An act to reduce or eliminate alcohol