| A | B |
|---|
| textile | cloth |
| interchangeable parts | parts that are the same for all machines |
| mass producation | making large numbers of the same product |
| assembly line | conveyer belt that brought objects through each assembly station |
| big buisness | large corporations controlling buisnesses |
| Andrew Carnegie | steel |
| John D. Rockefeller | oil |
| monopoly | when everything is owned by one |
| union | group of workers united to fight for better working conditions |
| graduated income tax | wage tax based on how much you make |
| strike | stop working and protest |
| urban | city |
| rural | country or farm |
| suburban | neighborhoods with houses just outside of cities |
| Samuel Morse | creator of a telegraph code |
| Samuel Fox | invented steel ribbed umbrella |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts |
| Henry Ford | The Model T, assembly line, mass production |
| Samuel Slater | stole plans for cotton spinning machine |
| Lowell, MA | birthplace of textile industries in US |
