Market Revolution APUSH – Flashcards
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Cottin Gin
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invented by Eli Whitney, it separated the cotton from the seeds
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Mechanical Reaper
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machine invented by Cyrus McCormick that could harvest wheat quickly
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Lowell System
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dormitories for young women where they were cared for, fed, and sheltered in return for cheap labor, mill towns, homes for workers to live in around the mills
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Lowell System
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dormitories for young women where they were cared for, fed, and sheltered in return for cheap labor, mill towns, homes for workers to live in around the mills
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Factory System
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a method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building, Samuel Slater
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Interchangeable Parts
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identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing
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Steel Plow
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machine invented by John Deere that could plow through thick soil so people could now farm in the Midwest
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Steamboat
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a boat that moves by the power of a steam engine, made it easier and quicker to travel goods, Robert Fulton
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Nativism
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a policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
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Erie Canal
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an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
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Iron Horse
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a nickname for the railroad
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Telegraph
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a device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances, invented by Samuel F B Morse
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Putting Out System
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cottage industry, in which raw cotton was distributed to peasant families who sun it into thread and then wove the thread into cloth in their own homes
