| A | B |
|---|
| Industrial Revolution | A time during the late 1700's and early 1800's when new inventions changed the way people lived, worked, and traveled. |
| textile mills | factories where fibers such as cotton and wool are woven into cloth or fabrics |
| mass production | producing large amounts of goods at one time |
| interchangeable parts | copies of parts that are all the same |
| transport | to carry |
| canal | human-made waterway |
| locomotives | railroad engines |
| sectionalism | regional loyalty |
| states' rights | the idea that states have final authority over the national government |
| secede | to leave the union |
| ruling | a decision |
| manifest destiny | the belief that the certain future of the United States was to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| dictator | a leader that has total authority |
| forty-niners | gold-seekers that came to California |
| relief | the differences in height of an area of land |
| elevation | the height of the land |
| reform | change for the better |
| public schools | schools paid for with tax dollars and open to all children |
| abolish | to end |
| abolitionists | equality |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
