Chapter 11 vocab Flashcards
A time period when machines took the place of many hand tools. Much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaced, first by flowing water and then by steam engines.
The Industrial Revolution
brings workers and machinery together in one place
Factory System
people who invest capital, or money, in a business to earn a profit
Capitalists
Improved the English version of the mill
Francis Cabot Lowell
the rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects
Mass Production
identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers.
Interchangeable Parts
the growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities
Urbanization
a device that used electrical signals to send messages
Telegraph
He invented the telegraph and morse code.
Samuel F.B. Morse
widespread starvation
Famine
people who wanted to preserve the country for white, American-born Protestants
Nativists
is the denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people
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