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Industry and Agriculture Vocab
From the Industrial Revolution
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History
7th Grade
04/27/2010

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Factory
Definition
A building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacturing of goods
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Manufacture
Definition
The making of goods or wares by manual labor or machinery, espicially on large scale
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Labor Union
Definition
Tried to improve pay and working conditions for their members
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Interchangeable Parts
Definition
Process developed by Eli Whitney so each vital part of a machine was the same (1790's)
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Assembly Line
Definition
An arrangememnt of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled piece by piece as it passes through a series of stages in an organized line
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Cotton Gin
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Invented by Eli Whitney to seperate the cotton fibers from the seeds. AMde in 1793 and revolutionized the cotton industry
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Textiles
Definition
Cloth
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Planter
Definition
Wealthy farmers with large plantations
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Folktale
Definition
Oral stories that teach a moral lesson
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Spititual
Definition
Christian songs filled with emotion that mixed European elements and expressed slaves beliefs
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Rebellion
Definition
Resistance to arder fiance (?) of any authority, control or tradition
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Revolt
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Resistance to arder fiance (?) of any authority, control or tradition
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Tarrif
Definition
Tax on imports or exports
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