Industrial Revolution

2. union workers' organization formed to fight against poor factory conditions, low wages, and machinery that replaced workers
4. Gin Eli Whitney's invention that removed seeds from cotton faster than any man, at least ten times more; it called for more production, meaning more slaves
7. person who assumes all financial risk in starting a business
8. Factors reasons for people to want to move away from their area or country
9. Jenny a spinning machine that can develop more than one spindle, letting someone spin several yarns at the same time
11. Bessemer He revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient
14. Pasteur French chemist who made the link between disease and microbes, developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax, developed pasteurization to kill disease caring microbes in milk
15. Girls women workers who went to work for cloth corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts in the Industrial Revolution
16. mills factory for textiles
19. industry goods made by hand in the home
20. invention of Samuel B. Morse that kept the US closer by letting people communicate to others that were miles away
21. to steam power Characteristic of the Industrial Revolution
22. Engine heat engine that performs mechanical work with steam power; powered factories

1. movement of people who were displaced from their jobs, from rural areas (country) to the cities
3. Parts Eli Whitney's invention first used for weaponry. Allowed for parts of weapons to be replaced without getting a new weapon. Led to assembly line and gave US factory systems fame
5. Robert Fulton's invention that increased trade and transport, namely in Mississippi
6. The process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods.
10. Revolution era where household industries (cottage industry) were replaced with factories and powered machinery
12. Factors reasons for emigration to a new land
13. Whitney American inventor of the cotton gin
17. Movement taking and fencing off land formerly shared by peasants to create larger fields
18. Ford Assembly Line