Inventions
This was the main function of the steam engine
What is transportation?
Definition of Urbanization
What is the increase of population within cities?
The main economic system in the U.S.
What is capitalism?
The invention that made long-distance travel much faster
What is the steam locomotive?
The reason many immigrated to the U.S.
What is better economic opportunities?
This invention allowed for faster and broader communication
What is the telegraph
A reason people moved to the coties
What is job opportunities in factories?
Definition of “factory system”
What is dividing labor and using machinery?
The significance of canals during the Industrial Revolution
What is facilitating the transportation of goods and resources?
A group of immigrants that came to America
What are the Germans/Irish/Chinese?
The textile invention that revolutionized the spinning process
What is the spinning jenny?
Challenges cities faced during urbanization
What is overcrowding/pollution/inadequate housing?
Charge in the production of goods as a result of the Industrial Revolution
What are items made in large quantities using machinery?
This connected cities, boosted trade, and contributed to urban growth.
Effect on the labor force with immigration
What is a large pool of cheap labor?
The man who invented the loom
Who is Edmund Cartwright?
Affect on social classes due to the Industrial Revolution
What is the growth of the middle class?
The economic theory that Karl Marx made in response to the effects of Industrial Revolution.
What is Marxism?
This revolutionized personal transport and contributed to suburban growth.
What is the impact of the automobile?
Challenges immigrants faced when arriving in America
What is language barriers/discrimination/fining housing and jobs?
Eli Whitney’s cotton invention
What is the cotton gin?
The city in England that was the center of the Industrial Revolution
Manchester
What is the name of the policy that encourages “hands-off” from the government in economics
What is Laissez-Faire?
The key feature of the clipper ship.
What is being faster and carrying goods over long distances?
The significance of Ellis Island during this time
What is the main immigration station for millions entering the U.S.?