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8.6.1
The North
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | Took place in the late 1700s to the early 1800s when machines were increasingly relied to make goods. |
| Capitalism | An economic system in which individuals can put their money into a business in hopes of making more money. |
| Free Enterprise | In a system of free enterprise people can buy, sell, or produce whatever they want. |
| Technology | Scientific discoveries that simplify work |
| Eli Whitney | The inventor of the cotton gin. |
| Cotton Gin | A simple machine that quickly and efficiently removes seeds from cotton fiber. Resulted in an increase in slavery. |
| Samuel Slater | Setup one of the United States' first cotton mills. |
| Cotton Mill | A factory that spins cotton into cloth. |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | He owned the first plant to put all stages of cloth-making in one place. |
| Factory System | A system that puts all the steps for manufacturing into one place. |
| Manufacture | To make |
| Interchangeable Parts | The same machine parts used over and over again in the same kinds of machines. |
| Invention | A new machine or way of doing things. |
| Economic Changes | Changes in how goods are made and sold. |