Across
- 4. Major canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River.
- 5. Massachusetts city famous for its textile mills and employment of young women.
- 6. Goods such as cloth and fabric that became major products of early American factories.
- 9. System in which workers earned money by selling their labor to an employer.
- 12. Person who organizes businesses and invests resources in hopes of making a profit.
- 14. Standardized machine-made components that could easily replace one another.
- 15. Growth of cities as people moved toward industrial and commercial opportunities.
Down
- 1. Inventor associated with the cotton gin and the development of interchangeable parts.
- 2. Eli Whitney's invention that quickly separated cotton fibers from seeds.
- 3. Period of rapid economic change that transformed how Americans produced, sold, and purchased goods.
- 7. Communication technology that allowed messages to travel rapidly over long distances.
- 8. Centralized workplaces where large numbers of workers produced goods using machines.
- 10. Artificial waterways built to make transporting goods cheaper and easier.
- 11. Steam-powered vessel that made transportation along American rivers faster and more efficient.
- 13. Transportation system that expanded rapidly and connected distant markets and communities.