| A | B |
| Boston Associates | Cabot Lowell and partners formed this group to raise money for the first factory in America. |
| Waltham Massachusetts | Site of first factory in America |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | Site of model town and showplace of American industry |
| women and children | the first workers in the Lowell factories |
| doffers | name given to children who worked in the factories |
| 12-6 | hours and days worked in the factories |
| Eli Whitney | began the idea of interchangeable parts |
| interchangeable parts | parts that were the same size and shape so that they could be exchanged when one was broken |
| Eli Terry | manufacturer who applied the idea of interchangeable parts while making clocks |
| Industrial problems | crowded conditions and disease |
| Industrial advantages | museums and theaters |