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Railroads provided a cost-effective means for transporting raw materials and finished goods, created numerous jobs in track laying and coal mining, and boosted agriculture and fishing by enabling transport to distant cities.

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How did railroads drive industrial growth?

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Cloth goods made from linen, wool, or cotton

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Textiles

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Edmund Cartwright's water-powered loom combined threads to make cloth.

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power loom

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Angry old cottage industry workers who lost jobs to machines and secretly destroyed them.

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Luddites

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Policy with minimal government interference in business.

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laissez faire

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In 1779, Samuel Crompton combined the spinning jenny and water frame to create a stronger, finer, and more consistent thread.

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spinning mule

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Resources for producing goods/services in the Industrial Revolution: land, labor, capital.

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factors of production

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Pioneered by Robert Bakewell, led to more meat, wool, and leather, boosting population.

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selective breeding

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1780's - invented by Richard Arkwright, powered by water, produced yarn faster than cottage spinning wheels, led to mechanized looms.

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water frame

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Refuse to work

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strike