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Industrialrevolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| machines took the place of many hand tools. Much of the power was provided by people and horses began to be replaced, first by flowing water and then by a steam engine | Industrial Revolution |
| People who invest capital or money in a business to earn a profit | Capitalists |
| the rapid manufacture of a large number of identical objects | Mass Production |
| identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers | Interchangeable Parts |
| the growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities | Urbanization |
| people who wanted to preserve the country for white, American born Protestants | Nativists |
| the denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people | Discrimination |
| used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers | Cotton gin |
| laws, controlled every aspect of slaves lives | Slave Codes |