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industrial rev.
industrial revolution
Term | Definition |
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capatilst | people who invest capital,or money, in a business to earn a profit. |
industrial revolution | a period of major industrialization that took place in the 1800s goes from horse and hand to machines |
interchangable parts | identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers. |
famine | shortage of food; hunger |
cotton gin | sped up the processing of cotton |
urbanization | when people move from rural areas to city areas |
factory system | brings workers and machinery together in one place |
discrimination | choosing to dislike and punish someone based off their race them to do |
Morse | invented the telegraph. Factories in the West can now communicate to the East. |
Slater | known as the man who “created” the industrial revolution by inventing the first ever successful textile mill. |
Lowell | him and his partners created a spinning mill that combined spinning and weaving in one building. His factories in Lowell hired young women. Started factory town |
north economy | was based off of manufacturing and some trade |
south economy | based off agriculture and slavery |