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Industrial Revolution
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Social Studies
8th Grade
02/11/2014

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Industrial Revolution
Definition
a long, slow process that completely changed the way goods were produced.
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capital
Definition
money that is used for investment.
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factory system
Definition
brings workers and machinery together in one place to produce goods.
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spinning jenny
Definition
invented by James Hargreaves. A machine that could spin several threads at once.
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Samuel Slater
Definition
Memorizes the British mills and brings his knoledge to America, which officially starts the industrial revolution in America.
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interchageable parts
Definition
Pioneered by inventor Eli Whitney. It made all parts for a machine to a set of standard specifications so they could be mass produced. First used in the manufacture of firearms.
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Lowell Girls
Definition
Young girls hired from local farms to work in the textile(clothing) factories.
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Urbanization
Definition
The increase in the creation and size of cities. The movement of workers from the farms to the cities.
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John Deere
Definition
Invents and patents the first of many machines used for farming.
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Robert Fulton
Definition
Inventor that built the Clermont, one of the first steam-powered boats in U.S. history.
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Erie Canal
Definition
A man-made channel that connected the great lakes and the Hudson River.
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Cotton Gin
Definition
Device created during the industrial revolution that allowed for the process of removing seeds from cotton to be increased, thus increasing the profitability of using slave labor to grow cotton.
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