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13 Cards in this Set
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industrial revolution |
a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700's. |
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textiles |
cloth items |
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interchangeable parts |
parts of a machine that are identical |
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technology |
the tools used to produce items or to do work |
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mass production |
the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods |
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rhode island system |
Slater's strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks |
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lowell system |
water-powered textiles mills that employed young, unmarried women from local farms the system included a loom that could both spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill |
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trade unions |
groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions |
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strikes |
workers on strike refuses to work until employers meet their demands |
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transportation revolution |
a period or rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation |
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Clermont |
the first full sized commercial steamboat |
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Gibbon v. Ogden |
which reached the supreme court in 1824, the court reinforced the federal government's authority to regulate trade between the states by ending monopolistic control over waterways in several states. |
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telegraph |
a device that could sent information over wires across great distances |
