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3rdQIndustrialRev
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rural | country area; Example: St. Helena, SC |
| Industrial Revolution- | period from the mid-1700s to the late 1800s when manufacturing moved from animal and human power to machine power; mechanization |
| cottage industry | working on businesses at home |
| urban | city area; Example: Atlanta, Georgis |
| raw materials | materials made by nature that people use; natural resources |
| textiles | cloth; thread; clothing |
| tenant farming | farming on rented land |
| enclosure movement | 18th Century movement in Britain when wealthy landowners fenced off their land to make larger farm areas for raising sheep and growing crops |
| agriculture | farming |
| urbanization | the growth of cities |
| entrepreneur | a person who owns his own business |
| Agricultural Revolution | revolution in farming; new machines and methods of farming were used |
| capital | money and resources that will be in a business |
| rural-to-urban migration | moving from the country to the city |
| mass production | using machines to make lots of goods in a shorter period of time than in the cottage industry |
| interchangeable parts | making a product exactly the same so if one part breaks, it can be replaced; i.e. the trigger on a gun |
| cotton gin | machine invented by Eli Whitney; it removes the seed from the cotton plant |
| assembly line | people work on a line in factories putting products together; each person is responsible for performing certain tasks (division of labor) |
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