Chapter 11 Sec.'s 1 And 2 Flashcards
Factory system
Brings workers and machinery in 1 place
Industrial revolution
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
Capitalist
Someone who invests there money in a business to earn a profit
Francis Cabot Lowell
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.
Mass production
Rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects
Interchangeable parts
Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers
Urbanization
Growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities
Telegraph
Device used to send electrical signals to send messages quickly
Samuel morses
Invented sending electrical signals over wire
Famine
Widespread starvation
Nativists
People who wanted to preserve the country for white American born Protestants
Discrimination
Denial of equal rights or equal treatment toward certain groups of people