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| 7457160422 | Industrial Revolution | A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. | 0 | |
| 7457160423 | transportation revolution | A period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation. | 1 | |
| 7457160424 | nativism | A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones | 2 | |
| 7457160425 | cult of domesticity | Tradition that housework and child care were considered the only proper activities for married women | 3 | |
| 7457160426 | factory system | This gradually replaced localized cottage industry. Workers were paid by the hour instead of for what they produce. On one hand it decreased the need for skilled labor, but in other ways it increased the amount of specialization due to labor being concentrated in factories. | 4 | |
| 7457160427 | market revolution | Drastic changes in transportation (canals, RRs), communication (telegraph), and the production of goods (more in factories as opposed to houses) | 5 | |
| 7457160428 | homesteaders | Settlers who acquired free land from the government | 6 | |
| 7457160429 | scabs | Stirkebreakers hired by employers as replacement workers when unions went on strike | 7 | |
| 7457160430 | Interchangeable Parts | Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing | 8 | |
| 7457160431 | cotton gin | A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers. | 9 | |
| 7457160432 | Clermont | Fulton's steamboat in 1807 which powered on/by a newly designed engine. It took the this boat 32 hours to go 150 miles from New York to Albany. | 10 | |
| 7457160433 | clipper ships | American boats, built during the 1840's in Boston, that were sleek and fast but inefficient in carrying a lot of cargo or passengers. | 11 | |
| 7457160434 | Ancient Order of Hibernians | Semisecret Irish organization that became a benevolent society aiding Irish immigrants in America | 12 | |
| 7457160435 | "Molly Maguires" | An active, militant Irish organization of farmers based in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields who are believed responsible for much violence | 13 | |
| 7457160436 | pony express | A mail carrying service; ran from 1860-1861; was established to carry mail speedily along the 2,000 miles from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California; they could make the trek in 10 days. | 14 | |
| 7457160437 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | A landmark ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Court establishing the legality of labor unions and the legality of union workers striking if an employer hired non-union workers. | 15 | |
| 7457160438 | Tammany Hall | A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism | 16 | |
| 7457160440 | Know Nothing Party | Group of prejudice people who formed a political party during the time when the KKK grew. Anti-Catholics and anti-foreign. They were also known as the American Party. | 17 | |
| 7457860270 | Boston Associates | They were a group of families who joined to form one of the earliest and most powerful joint capital ventures. They eventually came to dominate the textile industry, the railroads, the insurance industry, and banking in all of Massachusetts. | 18 | |
| 7457873239 | General Incorporation Law | This was created to greatly help in "building" capitalism. It stated that business people could create a corporation if they complied with the terms of the law. It was a great boost to capitalism. | 19 |
