History Final - Industrialization and Regional Economies

Factory System

Method of manufacturing in which goods are produced in large quantities by workers using machines in a central location.

Industrial Revolution

Period of rapid industrial growth in which machines transformed manufacturing and transportation.

Samuel Slater

British immigrant who brought textile manufacturing technology to the United States and built the first successful textile mill.

Waltham System

Factory system that hired young women to work in textile mills while living in company-owned housing.

Cotton Gin

Machine invented by Eli Whitney that quickly separated cotton fibers from seeds.

Erie Canal

Canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, boosting trade and transportation.

National Road

First major federally funded highway, connecting the East to western territories.

American System

Henry Clay's economic plan that promoted protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements.

Tariff Act of 1816

Law that placed taxes on imported goods to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition.

Era of Good Feelings

Period during James Monroe's presidency marked by national unity and the decline of political party conflict.