Vocabulary
Industrial Revolution // Revolución Industrial
A period of time when machines were invented to help make goods faster, and many people moved to cities to work in factories.
Place where cloth and fabric were produced // Lugar donde se producían telas y tejidos.
Textile mills
What is immigration? // ¿Qué es la inmigración?
Moving to another country to live
Economic system where businesses are privately owned // Sistema económico en el que las empresas son de propiedad privada.
Capitalism
Process where machines replace hand tools // Proceso en el que las máquinas reemplazan a las herramientas manuales.
Industrialization
Urbanization // Urbanización
The process of people moving from rural areas to cities, often for work, during the Industrial Revolution.
Identical machine-made parts // Piezas idénticas fabricadas a máquina
Interchangeable parts
Why did many immigrants come to U.S. cities in the 1800s? // ¿Por qué llegaron muchos inmigrantes a las ciudades de los Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX?
Unskilled Factory jobs
Name three benefits of keeping your money in a bank // Nombra tres beneficios de guardar tu dinero en un banco.
Keeps money safe, helps it grow, makes it easier to spend & save
Method of manufacturing using machines and workers in one place // Método de fabricación que utiliza máquinas y trabajadores en un mismo lugar.
Factory system / assembly line
Assembly Line // Línea de ensamblaje
A manufacturing process where a product is assembled in a sequential manner, with each worker performing a specific task.
Describe the Common factory conditions // Describe las condiciones habituales en las fábricas.
Common factory conditions: long hours, low pay, unsafe work
Before the United States industrialized, goods were made through cottage industry. What is cottage industry? // Antes de que Estados Unidos se industrializara, los bienes se producían mediante la industria doméstica. ¿Qué es la industria doméstica?
A system of production where goods are made by hand in people's homes from start to finish.
Person who starts and runs a business is called? // ¿Cómo se llama la persona que inicia y dirige un negocio?
Entrepreneur
New power source that helped run machines // Nueva fuente de energía que ayudó a hacer funcionar las máquinas.
Steam power
Labor Unions // Sindicatos laborales
Organizations formed by workers to fight for better working conditions, higher wages, and workers' rights during the Industrial Revolution.
Groups that often worked in factories for low wages // Grupos que a menudo trabajaban en fábricas por salarios bajos.
Women and children
How urbanization changed cities // Cómo la urbanización cambió las ciudades
Cities grew as centers of industry
Describe interest with as much detail as possible // Describa su interés con el mayor detalle posible.
Money you earn from saving with a bank and money you pay them back after a loan
Invention that made cotton processing faster // Invención que hizo más rápido el procesamiento del algodón
Cotton gin
Labor Unions // Sindicatos laborales
Organizations formed by workers to fight for better working conditions, higher wages, and workers' rights during the Industrial Revolution.
Why did entire families worked in factories // ¿Por qué familias enteras trabajaban en las fábricas?
to survive/earn enough money as they didn't get paid much
Major problem caused by rapid city growth // Un problema importante causado por el rápido crecimiento urbano.
overcrowding / poor living conditions
How can a loan help a business // How would interest affect how much you borrow? // ¿Cómo puede ayudar un préstamo a un negocio? // ¿Cómo afectarían los intereses al monto que usted pide prestado?
A loan can give you the money you need to get your business started. If the interest rate is high, you want to borrow less. If it is low, you can borrow more.
How the cotton gin affected slavery // Cómo la desmotadora de algodón afectó a la esclavitud
Increased slavery due to cotton demand