AMSCO WHAP 5.3

Industrialization

increased mechanizations of production

Agricultural Revolution

a dramatic increase in agricultural production

Crop Rotation

Rotating different crops in and out of the field each year

Seed Drill

device that efficiently places seeds in a designated spot in the ground

Cottage Industry

raw materials to be refined in the homes of workers

Spinning Jenny

allowed weaver to spin more than one thread at a time

Water Frame

a spinning Jenny powered by water instead of people

James Hargreaves

invented the spinning jenny

Richard Arkwright

invented the water frame

Factory System

using larger structures to house industrial machines in one place

Eli Whitney

invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

Interchangeable parts

allowed inventions to be easily fixed

Division of Labor

separating a production process into elemental steps

Specialization of Labor

a system where laborers got proficient at one of the elemental steps

Raw Materials

materials that have not been refined into refined goods

Seaways

ways to the sea (or another large body of water)

Capital

excess money from profits used to invest in other ventures

Enclosure Movement

the process of ending public ownership of land

Manchester and Liverpool

cities that dramatically changed because of Industrial Revolution