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Industrial Rev. 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| textile | cloth or fabric |
| entreprenuer | a person who starts his or her own business rather than working for someone else |
| interchangeable parts | identical parts that can replace each other |
| mass production | making goods in large quantities, using interchangeable parts and an assembly line |
| productivity | how fast goods and services are produced by a person, machine, or group |
| abolitionist | an antislavery activist (against slavery) |
| discrimination | treatment of people based on a class or category rather than on individual merit |
| Underground Railroad | a secret system that helped runaway slaves escape to the free states or Canada |
| tariff | a tax charged by a government on imported goods |
| states' rights | powers possessed by state governments |
| sectionalism | loyalty to local and regional interests and customs (one part of the country) |
| Samuel Slater | opened the first cotton-spinning textile mill or factory in the United States |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | an entrepreneur who built a mill near Boston |
| Eli Whitney | invented a cotton engine or gin that used wire teeth to remove seeds |
| Robert Fulton | invented the steamboat which could travel against currents |
| William Lloyd Garrison | began printing an antislavery newspaper called "The Liberator" |
| Fredrick Douglas | well known black abolitionist; had escaped slavery; writer and speaker |
| Sojourner Truth | important female abolitionist who also spoke in favor of women's rights; born into slavery |
| Sarah and Angelina Grimke | of South Carolina saw the cruelty of slavery from the point of view as the daughters of a slave owner; as adults moved north and spoke out against slavery |
| Harriet Tubman | escaped from slavery and was the most famous conductor on the "Underground Railroad"; returned 19 times to lead others to freedom |
| George Mason | slave owner from Virginia, called slavery "national sin" |
| Nat Turner | led a rebellion against slave owners; caused southern states to pass laws to control both enslaved and free blacks |
| John C. Calhoun | southerner who argued against tariffs; Vice President in 1828; argued for States' Rights |
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