| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Industrial Revolution | an era between 18th and 19th centuries when the inventions of machinery and factories changed the way people worked and goods were produced |
| cotton gin | machine that produced a more efficient way to get the seeds out of cotton, and expanded southern development |
| Eli Whitney | United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825) |
| Steamboat | a boat that moves by the power of a steam engine, made it easier and quicker to travel goods |
| Telegraph | long distance communication by codes through wire, lines follow the railways |
| American System | Clay's plan for economic development, establish a protective tariff , establish a national bank, and improve the country's transporation system |
| Lowell System | common in Massachusetts, this system enlisted young women, mostly farmers' daughters in their late teens and early twenties, many of these women worked for several years in the factories, saved their wages, and then returned home to marry and raise children. |
| Factory System | a method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building |
| Eerie Canal | one of the many canals built to fill gaps in the nation's system of transportation |
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