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IndustrialRevolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | Gradual process by which machines replaced hand tools, and steam and other new sources of power replaced human and animal power |
| Capital | Money raised for a business |
| Factory System | Method of producing goods that brought workers and machinery together in one place |
| Urbanization | Process of population's shifting from farms to cities |
| Interchangeable Parts | Identical, machine-mad parts for a tool or instrument |
| Flatboat | Boat with a flat bottom used for transporting heavy loads on inland waterways |
| Turnpike | Road built by a private company that charges a toll to use it |
| Corduroy Road | Road made of logs |
| Telegraph | Communications device that sends electrical signals along a wire |
| Locomotive | Engine that pulls a rail-road train |
| Clipper Ships | Fast sailing ship of the mid-1800s |
| Boom | Period of swift economic growth |
| Cultivate | To prepare and use land for planting crops |