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Annex
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to join something bigger
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combine
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Eli Whitney
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American inventor whose cotton gin changed cotton harvesting procedures and enabled large increases in cotton production ; he introduced the technology of mass production through the development of interchangeable parts in gun-making
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Rhode Island System
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a system developed by Samuel Slater in the mid-1800's in which whole families were hired as textile workers and factory work was divided into simple tasks
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system / 1800s / families hired
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Telegraph
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a machine perfected by Samuel F.B Morse in 1832 that uses pulses of electric current to send messages across long distances through wires
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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a supreme court ruling that reinforced the federal government's authority over the states
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Forty-Niners
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a gold-seeker who moved to California during the gold rush
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vaqueros
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managed the large herbs of cattle and sheep
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cowboys
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Battle Of San Jacinto
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the Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence
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