Industrial Revolution

The economic changes in the late 1700s in which manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.

Workers in the factories at Lowell, Massachusetts.

British immigrant that introduced the first steam-powered factory to the United States.

Organization formed by a group of factory workers to achieve better working conditions.

The process of people moving from rural farms to factories in cities.

Interchangeable parts

A process of making standardized parts for easier and quicker repairs,

Inventor of the cotton gin and the concept of interchangeable parts.

A device that sends electrical signals long distances across wire using dashes and pauses.

Immigrants who worked on railroads and canals and lived in northeastern cities.

Immigrants who moved to the US, settled in the Midwest, and worked on farms.

A person moving to a new country.

A reason for leaving a country - like war, economic depression, famine.

A reason why a person settles in a new place - like a new job, more political freedom, and social mobility.

Blight on potatoes that led to the death of millions of Irish

A political party formed to prevent immigrants from voting and serving in office.

A time of political harmony during James Monroe's presidency.

An economic system introduced by Henry Clay to grow the US economy so that it would become self-sufficient.

Proponent of the American System and Congressman from Kentucky.

A man-made waterway that connected New York City to the Great Lakes.

A strong feeling of pride in one's country.

Pride in one's region or section of the country over the nation as a whole.

A tax on imports, passed to protect American manufacturing.

A nation's system of transportation and communication.

A device that sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton.

The cotton capital of the south, where farmers traded cotton along the Mississippi River.

Southern states that relied the most on cotton - Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas.

Laws passed by southern states to govern and punish slave behaviors.

Religious folk songs sung by slaves to express their faith.

Form of resistance in which enslaved people openly resisted slavery - like running away or rebelling.

Indirect way in which enslaved people resisted slavery - like breaking farm equipment or faking an illness.

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Unit 7 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Industrial Revolution	The economic changes in the late 1700s in which manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.
Lowell Mill Girls	Workers in the factories at Lowell, Massachusetts.
Samuel Slater	British immigrant that introduced the first steam-powered factory to the United States.
Richard Arkwright	Inventor of the water frame.
Trade Union	Organization formed by a group of factory workers to achieve better working conditions.
Urbanization	The process of people moving from rural farms to factories in cities.
Interchangeable parts	A process of making standardized parts for easier and quicker repairs,
Eli Whitney	Inventor of the cotton gin and the concept of interchangeable parts.
Telegraph	A device that sends electrical signals long distances across wire using dashes and pauses.
Irish Immigrants	Immigrants who worked on railroads and canals and lived in northeastern cities.
German Immigrants	Immigrants who moved to the US, settled in the Midwest, and worked on farms.
Emigrant	A person leaving a country.
Immigrant	A person moving to a new country.
Push Factor	A reason for leaving a country - like war, economic depression, famine.
Pull Factor	A reason why a person settles in a new place - like a new job, more political freedom, and social mobility.
Potato Famine	Blight on potatoes that led to the death of millions of Irish
Know Nothing Party	A political party formed to prevent immigrants from voting and serving in office.
Era of Good Feelings	A time of political harmony during James Monroe's presidency.
American System	An economic system introduced by Henry Clay to grow the US economy so that it would become self-sufficient.
Henry Clay	Proponent of the American System and Congressman from Kentucky.
Erie Canal	A man-made waterway that connected New York City to the Great Lakes.
Nationalism	A strong feeling of pride in one's country.
Sectionalism	Pride in one's region or section of the country over the nation as a whole.
Tariff	A tax on imports, passed to protect American manufacturing.
Infrastructure	A nation's system of transportation and communication.
Cotton Gin	A device that sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton.
Memphis	The cotton capital of the south, where farmers traded cotton along the Mississippi River.
Deep South	Southern states that relied the most on cotton - Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas.
Slave codes	Laws passed by southern states to govern and punish slave behaviors.
Spirituals	Religious folk songs sung by slaves to express their faith.
Overt	Form of resistance in which enslaved people openly resisted slavery - like running away or rebelling.
Passive	Indirect way in which enslaved people resisted slavery - like breaking farm equipment or faking an illness.

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