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Section 12-1/12-2
Study Guide
Term | Definition |
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Eli Whitney | Created Water-powered machinery and proposed Interchangeable parts. |
Industrial Revolution | a period of rapid growth and production in the mid 1700's |
Mass production | The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods. |
Mills | Also known as factories, they had water frames inside them and usually produced textiles. |
Northeast | Where most mills and production took place. |
Samuel Slater | Memorized british mills and brought them to the U.S. |
Textile Industry | A competitive industry composing of mainly mills and water-frames. |
War of 1812 | After this ended, the production of guns and muskets boomed. |
Lowell System | They would hire young girls to work in mills. |
Rhode Island System | They would hire entire familys to work in mills. |
Sarah G. Bagley | Founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform. |
Trade Unions | Groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions in mills. |