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| Industrial Revolution | A time during the late 1700s and early 1800s when new inventions changed the way people lived, worked, and traveled. |
| textile mills | Factories where fibers such as cotton and wool are woved into cloth, or textiles |
| mass production | a way of making large amounts of goods at one time |
| interchangable parts | Identical parts made by machine so that if one part breaks, a new one can be installed |
| transport | to carry |
| canal | a human made waterway |
| locomotives | railroad engines |
| sectionalism | regional loyalty |
| states' rights | the idea that the states have final authority over the national government |
| secede | to leave the Union |
| ruling | a court's decision |
| manifest destiny | the belief that the certain future of teh United States was to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| dictator | a leader who has total authority |
| forty-niners | a nickname for gold seekers that came to California during the gold rush |
| relief | the differences in height of an area of land |
| elevation | the height of the land |
| reform | to change for the better |
| public schools | schools paid for by taxes and open to all children |
| abolish | to end something |
| abolitionists | people who wanted to abolish slavery |
| equality | the same rights for all Americans |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Indian Removal Act | this act forced all Indians living east of the Mississippi to move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma |
| Samuel Slater | He brought the plans for teh spinning machine to the United States |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | He built a textime mill in which spinning, dyeing, and weaving all took place in the same factory |
| Robert Fulton | He build a steamboat that he called the Clermont |
| Horace Mann | He believed that schools should be supported by taxes and should be free and open to all children |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which turned many Americans against slavery |
| Frederick Douglas | This runaway slave shared his experiences with many people |
| Andrew Jackson | He was the president that was responsible for forcing the Cherokees off their land and onto the Trail of Tears |
| Utah | This is the state the Mormons moved to in order to practice their religion |
| Mexico | When the United States won a war with this country we received California and much more land in the west |
| Sojourner Truth | This former slave traveled across the United States speaking out against slavery |
