Matching Pairs Industrial RevolutionOnline version Matching the definitions for industrial revolution by Angelica Robinson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Samuel Slater Opened the first textile mill in Rhode Island in 1793. He started the Industrial Revolution in America. steamboat Boat that was powered by a steam engine. It was powerful enough to go up river. Transatlantic Railroad Railroad that went across most of America, making travel faster and safer. boll The round, white part of the cotton plant. steam engine An engine that is run by the power of steam Erie Canal Waterway that ran through America and connected the Midwest and the Northeast. mass production Making products that are all the same in large quantities using a machine. Industrial Revolution 1700-1920 A rapid change in how people moved and lived and how things were made. telegraph Machine that used long and short sounds to communicatemessages. Robert Fulton Ran the first successful steamboat in America. Morse code Special code sent by telegraph that could be translated into letters and words. cotton gin Machine that separated the seeds from the cotton. textile mill Factory that made cloth from cotton. Large buildings in the cities were products were made in large quantities. Samuel Morse Invented a way to communicate using sounds translated into letters and Eli Whitney Invented the cotton gin which changed the way cloth was made
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