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Unit 7 vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | The economic changes in the late 1700s in which farming replaced manufacturing 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 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 sent electrical signals long distance across wire using dashes and pauses. |
| Irish Immigrants | People from Ireland that worked on railroads and canals and lived in northeastern cities. |
| German Immmigrants | German people can to the US and settled on farms in the Midwest. |
| Emigrant | A person leaving a country. |
| Immigrant | A person moving moving to a new country/ |
| Push Factor | A reason for leaving a country- like war, famine, or economic depression. |
| Pull Factor | A reason why a person settles in a new place - like a new job, more freedom, and mobility. |
| Potato Famine | Blight on potatoes that led to the death of millions of Irish. |
| Know Nothings | A political party that formed to prevent immigrants from voting and serving 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 United States 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 that nation as a whole. |
| Tariff | A tax on imports, passed to protect American Manufacturing. |
| 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 that most on cotton- Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas. |
| Slave Codes | Laws passed by southern states to govern and punish slaves. |
| 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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