Across
- 4. a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
- 5. clothing items
- 7. the tools used to produce items or do work
- 8. invented a spinning machine called a water frame
- 10. a strategy of hiring families and dividing work into simple tasks
- 11. the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
- 12. employing young, unmarried women to spin thread and weave cloth on the same mill
Down
- 1. a businessman from New England whose ideas changed the textile industry in the Northeast
- 2. groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions
- 3. a skilled British mechanic who immigrated to the United States
- 6. workers on strike refuse to work until employers meet their demands
- 9. parts of a machine that are identical