Section 1
Who came up with the idea of people using interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
What was life like for mill workers in the Lowell system?
It was painful for the girls and for everybody it was tiring.
Who built the Tom Thumb?
Peter Cooper
How did water-powered factories differ from steam-powered factories?
Water-powered factories had to be built by water sources like water streams, while steam-powered factories could be by anything anywhere.
Facing low wages and the fear of losing their jobs. skilled workers formed trade unions.
True
Why were fewer mills built in the South?
Fewer mills were bout in the South because investors in the South concentrated on expanding agriculture.
What did Sarah G. Bagley found in 1844?
She founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in 1844.
How did steamboats affect shipping?
Steamboats cut months off the time needed to travel from one place to another.
What was specifically the Morse code?
It is different combinations of dots and dashes the represent each letter of the alphabet.
Slater's strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks became known as the Lowell system.
False. Became known as the Rhode Island system.
Why could British factories produce large amounts of goods less expensively than most Americans businesses could.
They could do that because British manufactures had plenty of factory workers with technical skills.
What did Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio and a few other states pass?
They passed the 10-hour-workday laws.
____________ tested the first full-sized commercial steamboat, called the Clermont
Peter Cooper/Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton
What are three inventions that improved life at home?
The sewing machine, ice box, and clocks.
Fuel replaced wood as a source of steel because of ts greater efficiency.
False
In what part of the United States were most mills located? Why?
In New England because this region had many rivers and streams that provided a reliable supply of power.
Workers no longer needed...?
The specific skills of craftspeople to run the machines of the new mill.
How did the Transportation Revolution create a boom in business across the country?
By reducing shipping time and costs.
How did the telegraph work?Who invented it?
It sent information through wires because of electricity and magnetism.Samuel F. B. Morse.
The supreme court ruled in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden the federal law overruled state law.
True
What was the first industry to begin to use machines to manufacture goods?
The first important breakthrough of the industrial Revolution took place in how textiles were made.
What did workers on strike refuse to do?
They refused to work until employers meet their demands.
How did Transportation Revolution change life in the 1800's?
It changed life by speeding up travel and decreasing cost of shipping goods.
What did Cyrus McCormick developed in 1831?
A new harvesting machine, the mechanical reaper.which quickly and efficiently cut down wheat.
The locomotive Clermont, built by Peter Cooper started an interest in railroads in the United states
False