Industrial Revolution

A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy Northern Manufactured goods

Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing - led to mass production of good in factories

Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

Doing something in a way that saves you time and energy

A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that led to an increase of slavery (made it more profitable) and cotton demand

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in the cities in the northeast to be close to the factories.

A system of agricultural production in the south that relied on slavery. After the cotton gin, the south was turned into a major producer of cotton used in northern factories

1817; Waterway dug out connecting the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean; Made shipping goods cheaper and more efficient. Cities grew rapidly close to them because of increased trade

Development of a system which supports machine production of goods - shift from cottage (home) industry to factory mass production

Invented by Cyrus McCormick: allowed farmers to cut more wheat in less time (more efficient)

Invented by Samuel Morse - A wire communication system which used Morse code to instantaneously transmit information over long distances.

Railroad that linked the Northeast to California, it led to more population in the west. made it easier to ship goods, travel faster and cheaper. Environmental modification were made by blasting tunnels through mountains and building bridges across rives.

1st federally funded road the improved transportation to western states and expanded trade and settlement

invented the cotton gin - sped up production, increased textile manufacturing in the north; and interchangeable parts.

Father of the American Industrial Revolution, brought machines and factory system to the US