Industrial Revolution: a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s
Textiles: or cloth items Technology: the tools used to produce items or to do work Eli Whitney: gave officials a proposal for mass- producing guns Interchangeable parts: parts of a machine that are identical |
Cotton Gin: a machine that removes seeds from short-shape cotton
Telegraph: a device that could send information over wires across great distances Morse Code: different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet Planters: large-scale farmers who held more than 20 slaves Factors: crop brokers |
Strikes: workers on strike refuse to work until employers meet their demands
Transportation Revolution: a period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation Clermont: the first full-sized commercial steamboat |
Interchangeable parts: parts of a machine that are identical
Mass Production: the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods Trade Unions: groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions |