U.S.History Ch.11 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Industrial Revolution | Gradually, machined took the place of many tools. Much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaced . first by flowing water and then by steam engine. |
| Factory System | brings workers and machinery together in one place. |
| Capitalists | people who invest capital, or money, in a business to earn a profit. |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | found a new way to organize mills. Instead of obtaining thread from separate spinning mills, his factory brought together spinning and weaving mills in one room. |
| Mass Production | rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects. |
| Interchangeable Parts | Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers. |
| Urbanization | the growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities. |
| Telegraph | A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly of long distances. |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | Invented the telegraph, which worked by sending electrical signals over a wire. He also invented a code - which was a form of communication hat uses dots and dashes for letters of the alphabet. |
| Famine | widespread starvation. |
| Nativists | people who wanted to preserve the country for white, american born protestants. |
| Discrimination | the denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people. |
| Cotton Gin | used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers. |
| Slave Codes | laws that controlled every aspect of slaves' lives. |
| Spirituals | religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery. |
| Nat Turner | Led the most famous slave revolt in 1831. He and others killed 60 and in retaliation from the whites, him, his followers, and many innocent African Americans were killed. |
| Daniel Boone | Famous early pioneer who cleared a route to the west, The Wilderness Road. |
| Turnpikes | toll roads |
| Corduroy Roads | roads made out of sawed off logs, laid side by side. |
| Canal | a channel that is dug across and filled with water. |
| Henry Clay | Senator, who persuaded Congress to adopt the Missouri Compromise. |
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