a period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel

cloth item

parts of a machine that are identical

tools used to produce items or to do work

the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods

Samuel Slater strategy to hire large families and divide work into simple tasks

system that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill and employed young unmarried women from local farms

groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions

workers that refuse to work until employers meet their demands

name of the first full size steamboat

ended monopolistic control over waterways in several states, giving power to the federal government

device that could send information over wires across great distances

different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet

person who made interchangeable parts

made the first steam engine in America called Tom Thumb

created the mechanical reaper

first woman to fight for workers rights