Industrial Revolution Vocabulary

Think about your daily routine. Brainstorm a list of devices/machines you use each day. Which one of these items would you least likely be able to give up? Write about it. Describe the item, how you use it and what life would be like without it.

Industrial Revolution Period in American (and world) history in which society moved to a focus on machines, factories, and industry. Populations in northern America, especially, built large factories and large machines to do things people used to do by hand.

Textiles Woven Cloth

Domestic (at home)

Revolution A change in the way something works or a change of ideas.

Factory A place producing a uniform product

Merchant A person that supplies merchandise to a particular trade.