7th SS Chapter 7.1-7.3 Key Terms

Question 1

Was a long, slow process that completely changed the way goods were produced and were many people worked and lived.

Answer 1

Industrial revolution

Question 2

A machine that could spin several threads at once.

Answer 2

Spinning jenny

Question 3

Invested money

Answer 3

Capital

Question 4

Person who invests in a business in order to make a profit.

Answer 4

Capitalist

Question 5

The difference between the cost of a good and the selling price.

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Profit

Question 6

Brought workers and machines together.

Answer 6

Factory system

Question 7

Readiness of people to purchase a good or service.

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Demand

Question 8

Amount of goods available to sell.

Answer 8

Supply

Question 9

Limited supply of a good or service.

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Scarcity

Question 10

Would save time and money.

Answer 10

Interchangeable parts

Question 11

Borrowed money

Answer 11

Credit

Question 12

Usually worked for few years in the mill.

Answer 12

Lowell girls

Question 13

Increased as industry grew.

Answer 13

urbanization

Question 14

Developed for sending messages in 1844.

Answer 14

Telegraph

Question 15

An engine used to pull rail cars.

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Locomotive

Question 16

Had tall mast and huge sails.

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Clipper Ships

Question 17

Skilled workers

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Artisans

Question 18

In the 1820s and 1830s artisans in each trade united to form

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Trade unions

Question 19

These happen when workers refuse to do work.

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Strike

Question 20

Severe food shortage

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Famine

Question 21

Group of African Americans who wanted to preserve the country for natural born slaves.

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Nativist

Question 22

A swift growth

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Boom

Question 23

Prepare for planting

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Cultivate

Question 24

Wealthy families were called this because made huge amounts of money from cotton.

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Cottonocracy

Question 25

When a family of slaves were traded among different slave owners.

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Extended Family

Question 26

Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

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Slave codes

Question 27

Is an organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society.

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Social reform

Question 28

People believed that God would choose which people would attain salvation after death.

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Predestination

Question 29

A dynamic religious movement in the early 1800s.

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Second Great Awakening

Question 30

Huge outdoor meetings that preachers held.

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Revivals

Question 31

People who could not pay of money that is owed.

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Debtors

Question 32

A campaign against achol abuse.

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Temperance Movement