Section 1
The Industrial Revolution was a time of
What is mass production
The Rhode Island System hired...
entire families to work
This invention changed the way people traveled on water.
Steamboat
This man created the telegraph
Samuel FB Morse
Which machine was responsible to changing the textile industry?
The water frame
The Lowell System hired
Young unmarried women
Name of the locomotive that raced against a horse
Tom Thumb
Code that uses clicks and dashes to communicate
Morse code
Who invented the water frame ?
Richard Arkwright
How long were the hours at the factory for most?
10-14 hours
This industry took off because it ships cheaply on trains
The Coal Industry
New type of power discovered
Steam power
Eli Whitney made up this idea to make more guns
Interchangeable parts
Trade unions were developed to
improve working conditions
How many miles of rail road tracks were completed by 1860?
30,000
Invented the steel plow
John Deere
Who memorized the design to the water frame and brought it to the US?
Samuel Slater
How many hours a day did the trade unions want?
ten hour work days
Who created the Tom Thumb?
Peter cooper
Invented mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick