Chapter 13 and 14 Industrial Revolution
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| cloth | ||
| tools used to produce goods or to do work | ||
| Process developed by Eli Whitney in the 1790s that called for making each vital part of a machine exactly the same | ||
| Efficient production of large numbers of identical goods | ||
| Workers' organizations that try to improve pay and working conditions. | ||
| Refusals of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands. | ||
| Machine invented by Samuel Morse in 1837 that uses pulses of electric current to send messages across long distances through wires. | ||
| device invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 to separate cotton plants' fibers from the seeds; revolutionized the cotton industry | ||
| region stretching from Georgia to east Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid - 1800's | ||
| crop brokers who managed the trade between southern planters and their customers | ||
| use of scientific techniques to improve crop production | ||
| small landowning farmers | ||
| oral stories that often provide a moral lesson | ||
| emotional Christian songs sung by slaves inthe South that mixed African and European elements and usually expressed slaves' religious beliefs |