Industrial Revolution

Edit Answers
123456789101112
Across
  1. 1. 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
  2. 6. era where household industries (cottage industry) were replaced with factories and powered machinery
  3. 9. person who assumes all financial risk in starting a business
  4. 11. factories for textiles
  5. 12. reasons for people to want to move away from their area or country
Down
  1. 2. invention of Samuel B. Morse that kept the US closer by letting people communicate to others that were miles away
  2. 3. a spinning machine that can develop more than one spindle, letting someone spin several yarns at the same time
  3. 4. heat engine that performs mechanical work with steam power; powered factories
  4. 5. women workers who went to work for cloth corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts in the Industrial Revolution
  5. 7. an economic system based on private property and free enterprise
  6. 8. reasons for emigration to a new land
  7. 10. Robert Fulton's invention that increased trade and transport, namely in Mississippi