Industrialization

4. Manufacturing facility where fabric is processed into finished clothing and other goods
6. Ability to create goods in large quantities at affordable prices
7. Economic system based on the private ownership of business with limited government regulation
10. sent electrical pulses, usually in code language, along a wire
11. Connected the east and west coasts of the United States for transportation of people and goods
12. Movement of people from rural areas to cities
13. Creator of the cotton gin, a key invention of the industrial revolution
15. The uniformity of products allowed for common components to swapped
16. The rapid changing in the creation of goods brought about by technological advances that allowed for mass production
17. Immigrants whose labor was vital to western mining operations the construction of the transcontinental railroad
18. Fleeing political unrest in their home country, these immigrants contributed to innovative farming techniques

1. Invented a coding system used for long distance communication
2. Invention by Eli Whitney that increased the profitability of plantations
3. The historical period that marked a shift from hand-made good to factory-manufactured goods due to technological advances
5. Came to America to escape famine and found work in American factories
8. A water passage for freight boats connecting New York to the Great Lakes
9. Agricultural mass production of cash crops
14. Increased the capacity and speed for river travel