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IndustrialRevolution
| Definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gradually machines took the place of many hand tools; much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaces, first by flowing water and then by steam engines. | Industrial Revolution |
| Brings workers and machinery together together in one place. | Factory System |
| People who invest capital, or money, in a business to earn a profit. | Capitalists |
| The rapid manufacturing of large numbers of identical products. | Mass Production |
| Identical pieces that can be assembled quickly by unskilled workers. | Interchangeable Parts |
| The growing of cities due to movement of people from rural areas (farms) to cities. | Urbanization |
| A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances. | Telegraph |
| Widespread starvation. | Famine |
| People who wanted to preserve the country for white American born Protestants. | Nativists |
| The denial of equal rights or equal treatment based on race, religion, culture or nationality. | Discrimination |
| Machine that used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers. | Cotton Gin |
| Laws that controlled every aspect of slaves' lives. | Slave Codes |
| A total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol. | Prohibition |
| Reformers who wanted to abolish slavery. | Abolitionists |
| The right to vote. | Suffrage |
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