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Samuel Slater An englishman who sailed to the US under a false name because it was illegal for textile workers to leave the country in 1789
Industrial Revolution A time when factory machines began to replace hand tools and large-scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
factory system Brought many workers and machines together under one roof because people left their farms to go work in the big cities
Lowell Mills textile mills in the village that were created by Cabot Lowell and hired farm girls
interchangeable parts parts that are exactly alike
Robert Fulton The man who invented a steam boat that could move against the current or strong winds.
Samuel F. B. Morse The man who invented the telegraph, a machine that could send long and short pulses of electricity over along a wire
Eli Whitney The man who invented the cotton gin in order to clean cotton
cotton gin (gin is short for engine)a machine that made cotton cleaning process far more efficient
spirituals religous folk songs
Nat Turner an African American who led a famous rebellion in Virginia, 1831
nationalism a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness towards one's country
Henry Clay a Kentucky nationalist who planned to strengthen the country and unify the regions
American System an 1815 plan presented by Madison and promoted by Clay to make the US more self-sufficent without relying on foreign trade
Erie Canal a massive canal that made a water route between New York City and Buffalo, New York and was completed in 1825
James Monroe a Democratic-Republican who won the presidency of of 1816 by a massive amount of votes
sectionalism loyalty to the interests of your region rather than to the nation as a whole
Missouri Compromise Clay's plan to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Monroe Doctrine a December 1823 statement issued by Pres. Monroe about European colonization, US was out of foreign affairs, and made the US a world power and protector of Latin America
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