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Indust. Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | The Industrial Revolution began to take root in the United States around 1800's. A movement influenced Americans to begin using new tools, inventions, and machines to help make work get done faster and more efficient. |
| Capitalism/Capital | Under this system, individuals put their capital, or money, into a business in hopes of making a profit. |
| Free Enterprise | Term used to describe the American economy. In a system of people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want. |
| technology | Inventions, new machines and scientific discoveries that simplify work |
| Eli Whitney/Cotton Gin | Invented in 1793- a simple machine that quickly and efficiently removed the seeds from the cotton fiber. The cotton gin enabled one worker to clean cotton as fast as 50 people working by hand. |
| Samuel Slater | He worked in a factory that used machines invented by Richard Arkwright for spinning cotton threads. He memorized the design of Arkwright’s machines. Once in the United States, he took over a cotton mill. There he duplicated Arkwright’s machines. |
| factory system | A system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency. The factory system was a significant development in the way goods were made. |
| interchangeable parts | He invented the idea of using these. They were identical machine parts that could be quickly put together to make a complete product. They could be manufactured with less-skilled labor, and they made machine repair easier. |
| Second Bank of The United States | The Bank had the power to make large loans to businesses. State banks and frontier people criticized the Bank on the grounds that it was a monopoly used by the rich and powerful for their own gain. |
| Turnpike | Private companies built many turnpikes, or toll roads. The fees travelers paid to use those roads helped to pay for construction. Many of the roads had a base of crushed stone. |
| Robert Fulton | Robert Fulton was hired to develop a steamboat with a powerful engine. The steamboat would carry cargo and passengers up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany. The Clermont, made the 150- mile trip from NY to Albany in 32 hrs. |
| Erie Canal | Thousands of laborers, many of them Irish immigrants, worked on the construction of the 363-mile canal. The artificial waterway connecting Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo on Lake Erie. |
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