| A | B |
|---|
| Industrial Revolution | a time during the late 1700's and early 1800's when new inventions changed the way people lived, worked, and traveled |
| textile mills | factories where fibers such as cotton and wool are woven into cloth, or textiles |
| mass production | a way of manufacturing that could produce large amounts of goods at one time |
| interchangeable parts | identical copies of parts made by machines so that if one part breaks, an identical one can be installed |
| transport | to carry |
| canal | human-made waterway |
| locomotives | railroad engines |
| sectionalism | regional loyalty (when people are interested in helping their own region instead of the country) |
| states' rights | the idea that the states have final authority over the national government |
| secede | leave the Union |
| ruling | decision |
| manifest destiny | the belief shared by many Americans that it was the certain future of the United States to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| dictator | a leader who has total authority |
| forty-niners | gold seekers who arrived in California in the year 1849 |
| relief | differences in height of an area of land |
| elevation | the height of the land |
| reform | change for the better |
| public schools | the schools paid for by taxes and open to all children |
| abolish | end |
| abolitionists | people who wanted to abolish slavery |
| equality | the same rights |
| suffrage | right to vote |
