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| things made by machine to be sold |
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| a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing |
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| an englishman who invented the water frame |
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| a british mechanic who came to the US with designs for the textile mill |
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| he invented interchangeable parts, mass produced guns |
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| pieces of manufactured goods that can be alternated |
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| the efficient production of a large number of identical goods |
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| work divided by many people |
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| income after all costs have been subtracted |
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| to make by assembling parts |
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| the buying and selling of goods without taxes or tariffs |
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| young men who worked for several years to learn a trade |
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| full time employment for children under the age of 16 |
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| Hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks |
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| a place to buy goods- owned by the manufacturer worked for |
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| owned water powered textile mills and employed young unmarried females from his boardinghouse |
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| a mill that could both spin and weve worked by young women |
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| a machine used for weaving thread or yarn into cloth |
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| groups that try and improve pay and working conditions |
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| when workers refuse to work until employers meet their demands |
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| early organizer founded the Lowell female Labor Reform |
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| a correction of faults or evils |
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| transportation revolution |
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| a period of rapid growth in the spread and convenience of travel due to methods |
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| swift fast; in a quick manner |
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| he invented the steamboat |
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| the first full sized comercial sized steamboat |
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| this gave the government the right to regulate trade between states |
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| he built a small steam powered locomotive |
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| an engine that can move under its own power |
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| a sudden increase or rush |
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| transported goods or cargo |
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| unprocessed natural resources such as minerals metals or oils |
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| a way to sperate impurities from metals |
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| land cleared of trees and natural vegetation |
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| the center of activity for moving passengers or goods |
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| new methods practices or devices |
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| aa device that sends messages over wires across long distances |
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| brief surges of electrical current |
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| a bar that controls electric current |
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| different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet |
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| branches of manufacturing |
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| invented the mechanical reaper |
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| a machine that cuts wheat |
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| he improved the mechanical sewing machine of Elias Howe |
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