Industrial Revolution Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Compartments in a canal where water levels are raised or lowered
  2. 7. An invention that removes seeds from cotton fiber in an efficient and timely manner invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney
  3. 8. A 363 mile-long artificial waterway constructed by New York across the state from Albany to Buffalo at Lake Erie
  4. 12. A person who was hired by Robert Livingston to build a more powerful steamboat
  5. 14. Roads that require money to access them
  6. 15. A system where all stages of production of an object are brought into one place to boost efficiency
  7. 18. A boat powered by a steam engine
  8. 19. A period of rapid growth in the production, distribution, and selling of goods
Down
  1. 1. The place of residence for women who worked at mills
  2. 2. Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
  3. 3. A mill company that was the first to put all production stages of textiles into one building
  4. 4. A boat powered entirely by rowing used to transport goods with a flat bottom
  5. 6. A term that describes an economy where people are free to purchase, sell, produce, and work whatever or wherever they want
  6. 9. A vehicle used to transport goods on the trip west powered by oxen and topped with a canvas
  7. 10. Money; currency
  8. 11. An inventor’s claim over their creation, giving only them the legal rights over said invention
  9. 13. A population count that happens every ten years
  10. 16. An economic system where individuals invest money into companies with the goal of profit
  11. 17. Parts of a machine that are identical in design thus making assembly and replacement easier