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Industrial Revolutio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | gradually machines took the place of many hand tools; much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaced, first by flowing water and then by steam engines |
| factory system | brings workers and machinery together in one place |
| capitalists | people who invest capital, or money in a business to earn a profit |
| mass production | the rapid manufacturing of large numbers of identical products |
| interchangeable parts | identical pieces that can be assembled quickly by unskilled workers |
| urbanization | the growing of cities due to the movement of people from rural areas (farms) to cities |
| telegraph | a device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances |
| famine | widespread starvation |
| nativists | people who wanted to preserve the country for white American-born Protestants |
| discrimination | the denial of equal rights or equal treatment based on race, religion, culture or nationality |
| cotton gin | machine that used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers |
| slave codes | laws that controlled every aspect of slaves' lives |
| prohibition | a total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol |
| abolitionists | reformers who wanted to abolish slavery |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
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