industrial revolution in the north Flashcards
to develop large industries in a country or economic system. What word matches this definition?
industrialize
to leave one’s own country or region to settle in another. what word matches this definition?
emigration
to put each of two items in the other’s place. what word matches this definition?
interchange
to make the same in shape, weight, size, and so forth. what word matches this definition?
standardize
who invented the cotton gin?
eli whitney
who developed the high pressure steam engine?
oliver evans
who created the loom?
francis C. lowell
who invented the steam engine?
james watt
who developed the sewing machine?
elias howe
who created the spinning machine?
samuel slater
where did the industrial revolution begin?
great britain
factories were located by running streams until what two types of power were made available to run machines?
steam and coal
most of the factories were located in the state of which two regions?
mid-atlantic and new england
