Review 1
Name three ways the Industrial Revolution changed America?
Went from a farming nation to an industrial nation, went from hand-spun clothing to machine-made clothing, created the Industrial Revolution.
Who was Richard Arkwright?
An Englishman who invented the water frame spinning machine.
In 1793, Samuel Slater opened the first mill in ____________________________
Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Eli Whitney gave government officials a proposal for the mass-production of _____________.
Guns.
What began to expand to poor communities looking for new workers?
Advertising
Lowell Girls were paid between ____ and ____ a week, paid ____ for room and board, wanted to earn money instead of working on a __________, were encouraged to use free time for women's clubs and classes, and worked _____ to _____hours long.
2 and four dollars, $1.25, farm, 12-14
Define the Industrial Revolution.
A period in England, Europe, and the United States where machines are used for manufacturing and production.
Name three things the water frame spinning machine did to help the clothing industry.
Produced dozens of cotton threads at the same time, lowered the cost of cotton cloth, and increased the speed of textile production.
Samuel Slater owned or operated _____ textile mills in the northeast.
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What are interchangable parts?
Machines that create identical parts for items such as sewing machines, guns....
Name three businesses created inside of mill towns.
Butchers, tailors, dressmakers
What are trade unions?
Groups that try to improve pay and working conditions.
When did the Industrial Revoution begin?
The mid-1700s.
Where were factories built during the Industrial Reviolution?
Near rivers and streams.
During this time period, the south was still largely a ___________ community.
farming.
Name four ways that mills changed workers' lives.
No longer needed specific skills of craftspeople to run new machines, ownership could not find enough factory workers in new mills, entire families were hired for mill work, and children worked in the mills alongside their families, mill towns created for workers.
Who was Francis Cabot Lowell?
A New England businesses man whose ideas changed the Textile industry in New England.
Why did trade unions form?
Skilled workers feared losing their jobs.
What are textiles?
Cloth items
Samuel Slater was a skilled British mechanic who immigrated to the United States and had to memorize _____________________ because he could not take them from England.
designs of textile mill machines
___________________ changed the gun industry
Eli Whitney
Three things that mill towns included were.....
Housing, a company store, and purchasing things on credit
The Lowell System was based on water powered textile mills that employed _____________ from local New England farms and included a loom that could spin thread and weave cloth.
young, unmarried women
Sara Bagley was a strong voice in the _____________, formed the Lowell Female Reform Association, publicized the struggle of ______________, set LFRA main goals of influencing Massachusetts state government to investigate ___________ in the mills, and a __________ for private businesses.
labor movement, factory workers, working conditions, 10-hour workday
How did the Industrial Revolution change the textile industry?
Spinning cloth was time consuming and took several workers to spin enough thread to supply weavers.
Samuel Slater formed a partnership with Smith Brown in _______________.
New England.
Before changes in the gun industry, guns were primarily made by hand using parts where ________ were ever the same.
No two parts.
What was the Rhode Island System?
The strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks.
Under the Lowell System, boarding houses were created and residents received ___________ and ______________.
rooms, meals
Five states that passed a 10-hour workday due to the work of Sara Bagley were ___________, ___________, _____________, ____________, and _______________.
Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania.