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The Industrial Revolution
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A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production.
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textiles
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cloth
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Eli Whitney
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Created the first interchangeable parts, and also came up with mass production.
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interchangeable parts
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each part of products is made exactly the same
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mass production
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the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
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trade unions
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organizations created by workers to improve working conditions
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Transportation Revolution
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A rapid growth in the speed and convenience of transportation.
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Railroads
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Tom Thumb was the first American locomotive. 2,800 miles of tracks were laid by 1840, and 30,000 miles by 1860.
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telegraph
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a device that instantly sends messages through electric wires
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Morse code
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Combinations of dots and dashes represent each letter of teh alphabet according to a system developed by Samuel Morse.
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