| A | B |
|---|
| industrial revolution | period of rapid growth in the use of machines |
| textiles | cloth items |
| deforestation | removal of trees from an area |
| agrarian | one who supports agriculture and policies that benefit agriculture |
| plantation | large privately owned farm where workers provide labor for growing crops |
| Eli Whitney | came up with the idea of interchangable parts and the cotton gin |
| interchangable parts | identical parts used in machines |
| mass production | efficient production of large numbers of identical goods |
| cotton gin | machine used to clean cotton |
| industrialists | people who support manufacturing and policies that benefit manufacturers |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | developed a factory system called the Lowell System that employed mostly young, single women |
| Elias Howe | invented the sewing machine |
| Cyrus McCormick | invented the mechanical reaper |
| John Deere | invented the steel-tipped plow |
| John C. Calhoun | supported internal improvements in the American System |
| internal improvements | canals, roads, bridges to improve American transportation |
| Robert Fulton | invented the steam engine and developed the first steam boat |
| planters | wealthy Southern land owners who owned more than 20 slaves |
| immigrants | people who move from one country to another |
| Lowell Girls | young, unmarried girls who worked in factories |
