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vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| transportation | method of travel from one place to another |
| Extraction | the act or process of drawing or pulling something out |
| Free Enterprise system | market economy in which privately owned businesses have the freedom to operate for a profit with limited government intervention |
| Interchangeable parts | uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces |
| Labor union . | an organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests. |
| strike | work stoppage by workers to force an employer to meet demands |
| cotton gin | a machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber |
| yeoman farmer | owner of a small farm with four or fewer enslaved persons, and usually none |
| task system | a method of organizing enslaved labor wherein workers were given a specific set of jobs to accomplish every day, after which they allowed to spend their tome as they chose |
| annual | occurring or happening every year |
| ambiguous | to lack a definitive purpose |
| Henry clay's American system | a comprehensive economic system, created by Congressman (House of representatives-KY) Henry Clay, which aimed at promoting national growth and unity utilizing protective tariffs, improvements in infrastructure, and a national baking system |
| plantation system | an agricultural system that relies on large- scale farming operations where cash crops are cultivated primarily through the labor of enslaved people and most popular in the southern region during this area (1700s to mid 1800s) |
| Industrialism | social organization in which industries and especially large-scale industries are dominant which was most popular in the Northeastern region during this area (1800s to 1900s) |