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CH 11 vocab history

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Samuel Slater He memorized the way that the British made machines and he brought the idea to America. He made our first cotton spinning machine.
Industrial Revolution Change in technology
factory system A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building
Lowell mills Textile mill located in a factory town in Massachusetts that employed farm girls who lived in company-owned boardinghouses
interchangeable parts Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing
Robert Fulton American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Samuel F. B. Morse Inventor of the telegraph
Eli Whitney United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
cotton gin A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
spirituals Religious folk songs
Nat Turner United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia
nationalism Pride in one's country
Henry Clay United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
American System An economic regime pioneered by Henry Clay which created a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building. This approach was intended to allow the United States to grow and prosper by themselves.
Erie Canal An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
James Monroe 5th president
sectionalism Loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
Missouri Compromise An agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
Monroe Doctrine An American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
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