| A | B |
| New England | produced cloth or textiles |
| Pennsylvania | made iron products |
| Northeast | became the center for manufacturing |
| Immigrants | came to America from other countries to work in factories |
| Industrial Revolution | A time in history when industry greatly expanded |
| Cotton plantations | developed in the South |
| slaves | worked on the cotton plantations |
| abolitionists | people who wanted to get rid of slavery |
| Underground Railroad | used to help slaves escape to the North |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | invented the telegraph |
| Cabot Lowell | set up a large factory to weave cloth |
| Elias Howe | invented the sewing machine |
| John Deere | invented the steel plow |
| Robert Fulton | invented the steamboat |
| Peter Cooper | invented the first steam locomotive |