Homework
3/5 - Copy vocabulary words in NB
1.
Industrial Revolution -took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a
period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and
America became industrial and urban.
2.
Cotton gin - machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the
United States by Eli Whitney in 1793.
3. interchangeable
parts -parts that are designed to fit in any device of the same type, rather
than being designed for one specific item, and they revolutionized the world of
manufacturing. With their development, the groundwork for mass manufacturing
and distribution was laid, and the Industrial Revolution was
born.
4.
reaper - a farming tool or person that reaps (cuts and gathers) crops at
harvest, when they are ripe.
5.
Samuel Slater - The English-born American manufacturer Samuel Slater
(1768-1835) built the first successful cotton mill in the United States, in
1790.
6. Eli
Whitney - (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best
known for inventing the cotton gin.
7.
Francis Cabot Lowell -The city of Lowell was named after Francis Cabot
Lowell, son of John Lowell, a wealthy businessman who built a successful
textile mill in Lowell, MA.
8.
Cyrus McCormick -whose invention of the mechanical reaper revolutionized
farming across the world.
9. John
Deere -crafted his famous steel plow in his blacksmith shop in 1837, he also
forged the beginnings of Deere & Company—a company that today does business
around the world and employs more than 50,000 people.
10.
Lowell, Massachusetts - The City
of Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell
