IndustrialRevolution

The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial

nation

During the Industrial Revolution many people went from living and working on farms to living

and working in cities and factories.

transportation

Any device used to move items or people from one

location to another

Americans realized they needed better systems of

transportation.

manufacturing

The act of making a product from raw materials

Factories were built where large machines were used for the manufacturing of

cloth.

factoryAn industrial building where

workers manufacture goods and supervise machines processing

one product into another

Francis Lowell and his shareholders opened a textile

factory.

loomA textile machine for

weaving yarn into cloth or fabric

Factory workers operated a loom to

make fabric.

supplyThe total amount of a good

or service available for purchase

The company’s supply of video games could not meet the demand for the popular

game.

plantationA large farm area on

which crops are raised

Large cotton plantations were located

throughout the South.

Cotton fiber

Soft silky part of a cotton plant that can be

woven into cloth

The cotton gin quickly separated the seeds

from the cotton fiber.

demandThe amount of a particular good or service that people want to

purchase at a given time

In the 1980s, the demand for a Cabbage Patch Doll was so high;

manufactures could not produce them fast enough.

Cotton ginA machine that separates

cottonseeds from raw cotton fiber

The cotton gin could process nearly 55 pounds of cotton a

day.