Industrial Revolution

3. Networks of iron (later steel) rails on which steam (later electric or diesel) locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds.
5. Communication by transmitting signals over a wire. Messages could be sent over long distances in a short period of time.
8. An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions
9. a policy based on the idea that government should play as small a role as possible i the economy
10. Gin A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793

1. Development of a system which supports machine production of goods
2. 1760's; James Watt; engine powered by steam that could pump water from mines 3X as quickly as previous engines
4. An economic system based on private ownership of capital
6. Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century.
7. An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.