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CH 8&9
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Aerospace Engineering
Pre-School
02/03/2011

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Term
Industrial Revolution
Definition
people left their homes on farms to work in the mills and earn wages. began around 1800 first in New England
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capitalism
Definition
a system under which people put (invest) their capital (money) into businesses in hopes of making a profit
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Eli Whitney
Definition
inventor of the cotton gin. removed seeds from cotton as fast as 50 people could by hand.
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Interchangeable Parts
Definition
also invented by Eli Whitney. identical machine parts (like the spring in a mechanical pencil) that could be put together quickly to make a complete product. less skilled labor, reduced price, and mass scale
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Robert Fulton
Definition
genius who invented the steam boat and greatly influenced travel. hired by robert livingston. he wanted boat to carry cargo up hudson river from new york city to Albany. his steamboat was named the Clermont
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the Clermont
Definition
the first steamboat (invented by Robert Fulton) to go upstream the Mississippi
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