| A | B |
|---|
| industrial revolution | the gradual proces by which machines replaced hand tools |
| spinning jenny | machine developed in 1764 that could spin several threads at once |
| capital | money raised for a business venture |
| capitalist | person who invests in a business to make a profit |
| factory system | method of producing goods that brought workers and machinery together |
| interchangeable parts | identical, machine-made parts for a tool or an instrument |
| Lowell girl | young woman who worked in the Lowell Mills in Massachusetts |
| urbanization | movement of population from farms to cities |
| Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin, and the first to have spread the idea of interchangeable parts |
| Samuel Slater | was a British mechanic that illegally brought instructions to America about how machines worked in Britain |
| child labor | when children are forced to work to help support their families on farms and factories |
| trade union | association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions |
| capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, motivated by profit |
| cottonocracy | wealthy southern families that owned more than 20 slaves |
| poor whites | rented the land they worked and couldn't afford slaves |
| immigrant | relating to those that move and settle in a new country |
| textile | cloth or fabric that is woven or knitted together |
| invention | something that someone has created or made |
| locomotive | the engine that pulls or leads the other cars |
| product | goods or services produced by a company |
