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What are "factory girls?"
The women who worked in textile factories during the market revolution.
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What is the cotton gin?
Enabled cotton fiber separation at 50X the speed.
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Who are the Germans?
This immigrant group brought concepts such as the Christmas tree and kindergarten
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What is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Ms. Stern's dog's full name.
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What is the sewing machine?
Became the foundation for ready-made clothing.
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Who are the Irish?
This immigrant group settled largely in urban areas on the East Coast.
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Who is Eli Whitney?
He invented the cotton gin.
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What is a patent?
Used to protect an invention or idea
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What is the potato famine?
The main reason that Irish immigrated to the US in the early-mid 1800s was.
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Who is McCormick?
He is generally credited with the invention of the mechanical reaper.
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What is the Erie Canal?
This linked the Great Lakes to the Hudson River
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What is the Know-Nothing Party?
This party formed in opposition to the rise in Irish immigration, particularly alarmed at Catholicism's rise.
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Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
French author of "Democracy in America" who was impressed by public political participation but confused by Americans' consumerism.
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What are interchangeable parts?
This principle/invention was the basis for modern assembly lines.
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What is rapid urbanization?
Issues such as slums, insufficient policing, and improper waste disposal was a result of.
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