US Hx Chapter 12 Vocabulary

A period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.

• Industrial Revolution
• textiles
• technology
• interchangeable parts
• mass production

cloth items

• Industrial Revolution
• textiles
• technology
• interchangeable parts
• mass production

the tools used to produce items or to do work

• Industrial Revolution
• textiles
• technology
• interchangeable parts
• mass production

parts of a machine that are identical

• Industrial Revolution
• textiles
• technology
• interchangeable parts
• mass production

the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods

• Industrial Revolution
• textiles
• technology
• interchangeable parts
• mass production

Englishman who in 1769 invented a large spinning machine called a water frame.

• Richard Arkwright
• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Sarah G. Bagley

A skilled British mechanic who immigrated to the United States after carefully memorizing the designs of textile mill machines. He improved the way textiles were manufactured in the United States.

• Richard Arkwright
• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Sarah G. Bagley

An inventor who came up with the idea of interchangeable parts.

• Richard Arkwright
• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Sarah G. Bagley

The developer of a system based on water-powered textile mills that employed young, unmarried women from local farms. He provided boardinghouses and provided his workers with room and meals.

• Richard Arkwright
• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Sarah G. Bagley

A strong voice in the union movement, this person founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in 1844 and publicized the struggles of factory laborers.

• Richard Arkwright
• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Sarah G. Bagley