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How were items produced prior to the Industrial Revolution?
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| What was the Industrial Revolution? |
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| A period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid 1700's |
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What was the importance of the textile industries?
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| The textile industries jumpstarted the Industrial Revolution. |
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| Why were textile mills in the Northeast? |
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| Textile mils were in the NE because there was many rivers and streams which provided the power source. |
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| How did Samuel Slater impact the Industrial Revolution? |
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| Samuel Slater impacted the Industrial Revolution by pretending to be a farmer, but secretly a skilled british mechanic and imigrating to the U.S. He memorized the mill plans and started to work, own, and build mills. |
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| What was Eli Whitney's role in the Industrial Revolution? |
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| Eli Whitney invented interchangable parts when muskets were in quick demand. |
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| How did interchangable parts affect mass production? |
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| Interchangable parts sped up mass production because you had so many of every single part. |
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How did the War of 1812 affect the Industrial Revolution in America?
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| British ships blockaded eastern seaports, preventing foreign ships to deliver goods. Americans then had to buy from American dealers which helped the Americans income and uplifted our economy. |
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| Invented a large spinnig wheel called a water frame |
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| The tools used to produce items or to do work |
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| Parts of a machine that are identical |
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| Efficient production of large numbers of identical groups |
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| How did Slater attract workers to his textile mills? |
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| Slater hired families and divided work into simple tasks. He built housing for the workers, and built a company store where you could buy everyday items. |
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| What was the benefit of having children work in the mills compared to adults? |
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| You could pay children less money. Adults made as much a day as children did a week. |
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| How did the Lowell System differ from the Rhode Island System? |
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| The Lowell System employed young, unmarried female farmers while the Rhode Island Sysdtem employed whole families. |
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| Who were the Lowell girls? |
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| Young, unmarried female farmers |
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| Describe the working conditions for mill workers. |
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| The working conditions were dirty, and cotton dust made the air dirty which caused breathing problems. The machines cut your hands very quickly and the windows were always closed which caused a hot, stuffy room. |
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| What role did Sarah G. Bagley have in the union movement? |
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| Sarah G. Bagley formed the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association publicizing strugglers of factory laborers. Their two main goals were to influence an investigation of working conditions and to obtain a 10 hour workday. |
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| What were trade unions fighting for? |
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| Trade unions tried to improve pay and working conditions. |
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| Slater's strategy of hiring families and dividing work into simple tasks. |
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| Buisnessman from New England, approached ideas differently which led him to create the Lowell System. |
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| Based on water-powered textile mills that employed young unmarried women from local farms. System included a room that could both spin thread and weave cloth in the same room. |
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| Groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions. |
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| Workers refused to work until employers met there demands. |
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| What were the two new forms of transportation? |
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| How did the Transportation Revolution impact trade and daily life? |
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| You could travel down the river or track from city to city for trade and your travel time was greatly reduced. |
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| How did the steamboat increase trade and profit? |
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| Goods could be moved quickly and thus more cheaply. |
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| What did the result of Gibbons v. Ogden do for trade? |
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| The ruling freed up waters to earn greater trade and shipping. |
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| How did railroads affect manufacturers and farmers? |
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| Manufacturers and farmers could send their goods to distant markets. |
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| What changes did the Transportation Revolution bring to America? |
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| Steamboats and railroads made getting goods to distant markets much easier and less costly. People had access to products made and grown far away. Railroads contributed to expansion off the borders of the North and guided population growth. |
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| What were the old and new fuels? |
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| The old fuel was wood, the new fuel being coal. 1/2 ton of coal produced as much energy as 2 tons of wood. |
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| How did coal mining change the landscape? |
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| Coal mining changed the landscape because miners made deep gashes in the Earth, when removing the coal. |
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| How did the demand for steel affect the demand for coal? |
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| The demand for steel meant railroads had to transport it and coal was used for railroads so the demand grew. |
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| How did the growing market for steel affect railroads? |
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| Railroads transported steel to places where new factories were being built. Railroads also brought new steel farming tools and machines to farmers. |
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| How did railroads impact the logging industry? |
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| Railroads transported wood for houses and furniture in growing towns. |
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| Transportation Revolution |
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| A period of rapid growth in the speed and conveinence of travel because of new methods of transportation. |
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| Case that reached the Supreme Court in 1824, court reinforced the federal governments authority to regulate trade between the states by ending monopolistic control over waterways in several states. Ruling freed up waters to even greater trade and shipping. |
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| American steamboat designer, tested first full-size steamboat. |
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| In 1830, he built a small, powerful locomotive called Tom Thumb. |
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| First full size steamboat; designed by Robert Fulton |
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| Small powerful locomotive which raced a horse, won. It was created by Peter Cooper. |
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| Who invented the telegraph and what is it? |
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| Samuel F. B. Morse- A device that could send information over wires across great distances. |
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| How does Morse Code work? |
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| Morse code was a system of different combinations of dots and dashes produced by a telegraph that represents each letter of the alphabet. |
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| What event caused the widespread use of the telegraph? |
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| 1844 Democratic National Convention |
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| What caused the telegraph to grow across the US? |
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| Railroad- telegraph companies strung their wires on poles along railroads across the country. |
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| What began to replace water power in factories? |
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| What changes resulted from the shift to steam power? |
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| Buisness owners could build buisness anywhere. |
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| How did the shift to steam power lead to the growth of cities? |
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| Owners could build their factories next to cities which is where people moved to so they had easy access to the factory. |
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| What problem was John Derre trying to solve with his steel plow? |
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| The difficulty plowing thick soil with iron plows. |
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| What contributions did Cyrus McCormick make to farming? |
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| Created mechanical reaper, quickly and efficiently cut down wheat. |
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| What inventions improved daily life at home? |
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| Sewing machines, Ice boxes, Iron Cookstoves |
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| In 1832, he prefected the telegraph |
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| A device that could send information over wires across great distances |
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| Different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet. |
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| Invented the steel plow, sold 1,000 a year for 10 years. |
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| Created the mechanical reaper, mass produced, developed new methods for advertising |
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| Made improvments to sewing design, allowed customers to buy on credit, Singer had huge sewing company by 1860 |
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Helped fuel the need for more railroads
Railroads transported steel
Steel was used to make the rails that trains ride on |
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Main source of power for trains
Heated homes
Railroads transported coal from mines to cities |
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