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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Industrial Revolution | a series of great changes in an industry |
| Samuel Slater | came to america from Great Britian with plans of the British textile machines |
| Waltham System | system of having all machines in one building |
| Lowell Offering | a monthly magazine for the model factory town of Lowell |
| Eli Whitney | Made several inventions that made the industry grow |
| Samuel F.B Morse | invented the Mechanical Reaper |
| Erie Canal | Linked N.Y.C to Buffalo |
| Robert Fulton | adapted steam engine for use on a boat |
| The Rocket | steam powered locomotive |
| Margret Gaffney Haughery | had steam-powered machinery for her bakery and became the "bread women of New Orleans" |
| Nativist | people against people who were not native born Americans |
| Know-Nothings | a political party made op of Nativist |
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