Chapter 11 Sec.'s 1 And 2

Question 0

Factory system

Answer 0

Brings workers and machinery in 1 place

Question 1

Industrial revolution

Answer 1

When machines took the place of many peoples hands. Power by people and horses began to be replaced by flowing water and by steam engines

Question 2

Capitalist

Answer 2

Someone who invests there money in a business to earn a profit

Question 3

Francis Cabot Lowell

Answer 3

Spied on England’s machinery and memorized every little things to make an improved version of it. He later built a factory which had spinning and weaving thread into 1 factory.

Question 4

Mass production

Answer 4

Rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects

Question 5

Interchangeable parts

Answer 5

Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers

Question 6

Urbanization

Answer 6

Growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities

Question 7

Telegraph

Answer 7

Device used to send electrical signals to send messages quickly

Question 8

Samuel morses

Answer 8

Invented sending electrical signals over wire

Question 9

Famine

Answer 9

Widespread starvation

Question 10

Nativists

Answer 10

People who wanted to preserve the country for white American born Protestants

Question 11

Discrimination

Answer 11

Denial of equal rights or equal treatment toward certain groups of people