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IndustrialRevolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| free enterprise system | market system where people have freedom as consumers and producers |
| industrialization | the process that involves building and operating factories and businesses in a city, region, country, etc. |
| innovation | creating new ideas, products, or methods |
| mechanization | using machines in the production process |
| urbanization | the process of migration to large, densely populated areas, generally cities |
| canals | waterways constructed to allow the passage of boats further inland or between two bodies of water, or to carry water for irrigation |
| immigration | moving from one’s homeland to live in another place |
| interchangeable parts | using standard parts in the manufacturing process of a product |
| transportation | movement of people or goods by ground, water, or air |
| textiles | a type of cloth or woven fabric |
| sectionalism | political, economic, and social loyalty to a region of a country rather than the country as a whole |
| infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5million in order to avoid war |
| Nativism | native-born Americans blamed immigrants for everything from slums and crime to hard times and competition for jobs |