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8th SS - Chapter 11
Chapter 11: North and South Take Different Paths
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | time when gradually machines took the place of many hand tools and power began to be provided by water and steam engines |
| factory system | brings workers and machinery together in one pace |
| capitalists | people who invest capital in a business to earn a profit |
| mass production | rapid manufacturing of large number of identical objects |
| interchangeable parts | identical pieces tat could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers |
| urbanization | the growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| telegraph | a device that used electrical signals to send messages |
| Morse Code | system of short and long bursts of electricity used to communicate messages |
| 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 for a certain group of people |
| cotton gin | used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers |
| slave codes | laws that controlled every aspect of slaves' lives |
| spirituals | religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery |
| turnpikes | toll roads |
| corduroy road | roads made of sawed-off logs laid side-by-side |
| canal | a channel that is dug across land and filled with water |
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