Early Life
Most people in the early 1700s worked in this job.
What is farming?
This process took the longest before machines.
What is spinning thread?
He brought British textile knowledge to the U.S.
Who is Samuel Slater?
This country led the early Industrial Revolution.
What is Great Britain?
This invention allowed messages to travel instantly over long distances.
What is the telegraph?
Families used these two tools to make cloth by hand.
What are a spinning wheel and a loom?
This invention used water power to spin thread faster.
What is the water frame?
He is called the Father of the American Industrial Revolution.
Who is Samuel Slater?
Growing populations caused this to increase.
What is demand for goods?
This system of dots and dashes was used to send telegraph messages.
What is Morse code?
Skilled workers like blacksmiths worked in these places.
What are shops?
Mills were built near these for power.
What are rivers and streams?
He created interchangeable parts.
Who is Eli Whitney?
The Industrial Revolution is a period of rapid growth in this.
What is machine manufacturing?
This revolution improved roads, canals, and railroads in the U.S.
What is the Transportation Revolution?
Goods were mostly made this way before the Industrial Revolution.
What is by hand?
This power source ran early textile machines.
What is flowing water?
He demonstrated building muskets quickly using identical parts.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Improvements in these two areas helped cities grow.
What are agriculture and roads?
This industry was the first to be transformed by machines during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the textile industry?
Why did most families make their own goods instead of buying them?
What is because factories didn’t exist yet and people were self-sufficient?
How did the water frame improve textile production?
What is it produced many threads at once, making cloth faster and cheaper?
Why was Slater important to U.S. industry?
What is he brought British machine designs and helped start American factories?
Why were traditional manufacturing methods no longer effective?
What is they could not produce enough goods to meet demand?
This system uses machines, division of labor, and interchangeable parts to make goods efficiently.
What is mass production?