Chapter 13 and 14 Industrial Revolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 textiles | cloth |
| technology | tools used to produce goods or to do work |
| interchangeable parts | Process developed by Eli Whitney in the 1790s that called for making each vital part of a machine exactly the same |
| mass production | Efficient production of large numbers of identical goods |
| trade union | Workers' organizations that try to improve pay and working conditions. |
| strikes | Refusals of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands. |
| telegraph | Machine invented by Samuel Morse in 1837 that uses pulses of electric current to send messages across long distances through wires. |
| cotton gin | device invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 to separate cotton plants' fibers from the seeds; revolutionized the cotton industry |
| cotton belt | region stretching from Georgia to east Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid - 1800's |
| factors | crop brokers who managed the trade between southern planters and their customers |
| scientific agriculture | use of scientific techniques to improve crop production |
| yeomen | small landowning farmers |
| folktales | oral stories that often provide a moral lesson |
| spirituals | emotional Christian songs sung by slaves inthe South that mixed African and European elements and usually expressed slaves' religious beliefs |
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