Lesson 1 Vocab
cloth items
What is textiles
Samuel Slater’s strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks
what is Rhode island system
New England entrepreneur whose ideas completely changed the textile industry in the Northeast
Francis Cabot Lowell
the tools used to produce items or to do work
what is technology
Lowell’s practice of hiring young unmarried women to work in his mills
What is Lowell system
a mill worker who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
Sarah G. Bagley
parts of a machine that are exactly the same
what is interchangeable parts
groups of skilled workers that tried to improve members’ pay and working conditions
trade unions
an inventor who patented a large spinning machine, called the water frame, that ran on water power and created dozens of cotton threads at once
Richard arkwright
the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
what is mass production
union workers’ refusal to work until their employers met their demands
what is strikes
an inventor with an idea for mass-producing guns
Eli Whitney
a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production
what is industrial Revolution
a skilled British mechanic who could build better textile machines
Samuel Slater