Social Studies Chapter 15

Changed the way goods were made from hand to machines

Machine that uses sharp blades to cut and harvest grain

Built the first cotton gin

British mechanic who brought the industrial revolution to the US with his yarn spinning machine

Producers of goods and services freely decide how to use resources in response to demand

A person who starts and owns a business

Invented the steam engine

Invented the cotton gin

Made cotton cheaper to produce by removing the seeds from the cotton. could clean up to 50 times more cotton than by hand

Stabdard size parts thta could be easily changed majking repairs of equipment faster