1. Chapter 13, Sections 1,2. The Industrial Revolution and Working Life.

2. The Industrial Revolution More successful and widespread in the North.

3. Samuel Slater Brought technical knowledge from Britain and helped start a textile mill.

4. Manufacturing Eli Whitney failed to make rifles, but he developed Interchangeable Parts.

5. Mass Production The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.

6. The Industrial Revolution spread more quickly across Britain than in through the US.

7. Samuel Slater Hired entire families to work in his factories. Children were used for simple tasks, and paid less.

8. Francis Cabot Lowell Hired young, unmarried women from local farms to work in his factory. They were referred to as the “Lowell Girls”.

9. Wave of Immigration Immigrants to America drove the price of labor lower than ever, and displaced the Lowell girls.

10. Trade Unions are organizations created by workers to improve working conditions.

11. Labor Action The early strikes went poorly because the courts and police supported the companies. Union membership therefore rose slowly.

12. Sarah Bagley A union leader who worked for a ten-hour workday.