Vocabulary 1
a machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
cotton gin
young factory workers
Lowell girls
What increased in the south due to the growth of textile industries and the invention of the cotton gin?
cotton production
Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
artificial waterway
canal
identical pieces
interchangeable parts
What developed along rivers and streams?
cities
What caused a threat to cities because most buildings were made of wood?
Who was the western pioneer who explored a Native American trail through the Appalachian Mountains?
Daniel Boone
this was taken in 1790 and revealed nearly 4 million Americans living in the United States
census
money for investment
capital
What developed because there were no sewers to carry away the waste in urban areas?
diseases
What is a factory system?
when all manufacturing steps are combined in one place
Who designed the Clermont?
Robert Fulton
toll roads
turnpikes
gives a person legal rights regarding their invention
patent
Name 4 social events of the pioneers.
wrestling, cornhusking, sewing, quilting
Give three reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in New England.
poor soil, rivers for waterpower, and ports to ship goods
Who designed the Erie Canal?
DeWitt Clinton
separate canal compartments where water levels are raised or lowered
locks
large businesses that grew in the 1830's and made it easier to sell stock
corporations
The time when people left their homes and farms to work in mills is called the ____________________.
Industrial Revolution
What are the four elements of free enterprise?
Who designed the first factory system?
Francis Cabot Lowell
economic systems in which people and companies own the means of production
capitalism