SS7-8: CHAPTER 13 KEY TERMS & PEOPLE

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SS7-8: CHAPTER 13 KEY TERMS & PEOPLE

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25 questions

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a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700's______________________ 

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cloth______________________ 

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English inventor, he patented the water-powering spinning frame, improving the production of cotton thread______________________ 

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English industrialist who brought a design for a textile mill to America, he is considered the founder of the American cotton industry.______________________ 

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the tools used to produce goods or to do work______________________ 

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American inventor whose cotton gin changed cotton harvesting procedures and enabled large increases in cotton production; also introduced "mass production."______________________ 

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a process developed by Eli Whitney in the 1790's that called for making each part of a machine exactly the same______________________ 

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the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods______________________ 

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a system developed by Samuel Slater in which whole families were hired as textile workers and factory work was divided into simple tasks______________________ 

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American industrialist who developed the Lowell system--a mill system that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth by young women who lived and worked at the mill.

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the use of waterpowered textile mills that employed young, unmarried women______________________ 

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workers' organizations that try to improve working conditions______________________ 

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the refusal of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands______________________ 

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American millworker and labor leader who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in 1844______________________ 

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the rapid growth in the speed and convenience of transportation______________________ 

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American engineer and inventor, he built the first commericially successful full-sized steamboat, the CLERMONT, which led to the start of steamboat ferry services______________________ 

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the firt full-sized U.S. commerical steamboat; developed by Robert Fulton.______________________ 

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a Supreme Court ruling that reinforced the federal government's authority over the states______________________ 

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American ironworks manufacturer who designed and built TOM THUMB, the first American locomotive______________________ 

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American artist and inventor, he applied scientists' discoveries of electricity and magnetism to develop the telegraph.______________________ 

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a machine perfected by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1832 that uses pulses of electrict current to send messages across long distances through wires______________________ 

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a system developed by Alfred Lewis Vail for the telegraph that used certain combination of dots and dashes to represent each letter of the alphabet______________________ 

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American industrialists; he developed a steel plow to ease difficulty of turning thick soil on the Great Plains______________________ 

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American inventor and industrialists, he invented the mechanical reaper and harvesting machine that quickly cut down wheat______________________ 

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American inventor; he patented an improved sewing machine and by 1860, was the largest manufacturer of sewing machines in the country______________________ 

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