Industrial Revolution
What was the name of the invention that allowed operators to send messages miles away using a special code?
Telegraph
Because of the rapid leaps in technology, this time period has been called:
The Industrial Revolution
In this system, entire families were used to work in the factories.
Rhode Island system
Early roads built by private people/companies that were better than dirt roads, but often charged people money for using them.
Turnpike
This man created a machine that increased cotton yield, but accidentally encouraged the spread of slavery in doing so.
Eli Whitney
Thanks to the Agricultural Revolution, people began moving away from farms and began moving into ____.
Cities/Urban areas
This man was responsible for bringing the new British mills to America and he invented the Rhode Island system.
Samuel Slater
In this system, young unmarried women were the primary workers.
Lowell system
The 363 mile man-made waterway that helped reduce shipping prices.
Erie canal
This was a vast secret network that helped Slaves escaped to the Northern states or Canada
Underground Railroad
Before the invention of the steam engine, early factories relied on _______ for production.
Water power/waterwheels
Inventions such as the spinning jenny and the power loom allowed what industry to make its good cheaper and faster?
Textile
Due to their small size and paying them less, factories often employed _______, resulting in lost fingers or death.
Children
This person was responsible for creating the first successful steamboat operation that allowed shipping materials upstream and downstream.
Robert Fulton
Important member of the abolitionist movement that gained the nickname 'Moses'.
Harriet Tubman
Due to the new machines the production of goods rapidly ________
Increased
What is the name of parts that are exactly identical?
Interchangeable parts
Due to the poor conditions, a slave by the name of ___ ______ led a rebellion that spread fear amongst Southern slaveholders.
Nat Turner
Originally, this new mode of transportation was expensive, but after new improvements it allowed rapid transport across the country.
Railroads
Term of those who wanted to end slavery as a practice.
Abolitionist
This invention increased cotton yield up to fifty times.
Cotton gin
Factories in the United States were booming thanks to the Industrial Revolution, but where were they getting most of the raw materials from?
The South/Southern states
Large farm owners and their ________ threatened slaves with harm and other punishments if they did not produce enough.
Overseers
This invention was originally designed for factories, but was adapted to be used in boats and trains.
Steam Engine
What is the term for the large, self-sufficient communities that had a main house, slave quarters, blacksmith’s shop, barns, smokehouse, and other buildings?
Plantation