| A | B |
|---|
| Industrial Revolution | when inventors created machinery to perform some of the hand work involved in making goods such as spinning cloth |
| capital | money for investment |
| technology | the application of scientific discoveries for a particular use |
| cotton gin | a simple machine that quickly and efficiently removed the cotton seeds from the fiber |
| patent | gives an inventor the sole legal right to the invention and its profits for a certain period of time |
| factory system | a system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase effficiency |
| interchangable parts | to make large quantities of uniform pieces that oculd replace other identical pieces |
| census | the official count of the population done every 10 years |
| turnpike | toll roads |
| canal | an artificial waterway |
| locks | separate compartments where water levels are raised or lowered |
| sectionalism | loyalty to their region |
| internal improvements | were federal, state, and privately funded projects, such as canals and roads |
| American system | system of policies developed by Clay which included a protective tariff to stimulate the growth of the nation's industries |
| disarmament | the removal of weapons |
| demilitarized | without armed forces |
| court-martialed | tried by military court |
