Chapter 12 Words

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Across
  1. 4. a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s
  2. 6. the first full-sized commercial steamboat was called
  3. 8. the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
  4. 10. groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions are known as
  5. 11. workers on strike refuse to work until employers meet their demands
Down
  1. 1. based on water-powered textile Mills that employed young, unmarried women from local farms. It included a loom that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill
  2. 2. a period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation
  3. 3. the tools used to produce items or to do work
  4. 5. parts of a machine that are identical
  5. 7. Slater's strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks is known as
  6. 9. reached the Supreme Court in 1824, the Court reinforced the federal government's authority to regulate trade between the states by ending monopolistic control over waterways in several states.
  7. 10. cloth items