Who am I
What am I
Transportation
Labor
Ideas
100
I started the first spinning mills in America after leaving the employment of Mr. Arkwright
Who is Samuel Slater
100
I am an artificial waterway
What is a canal
100
You have to pay to travel on me
What is a turnpike
100
Early mill owners hired us because we worked for little pay and could easily fit into small places
What are children?
100
Large numbers of identical goods produced in great quantities
What is mass production
200
I invented both the cotton gin and the concept of interchangeable parts
Who is Eli Whitney?
200
the use of tools to produce goods or to do work
What is technology
200
The federal government stated building me in 1811 to cross over the mountains.
What is the National Road?
200
Sometimes workers refused to work until demands were met.
What is a strike?
300
I was a critic of the factory system and was particularly upset with the use of children in factories
Who is Seth Luther
300
an invention that produced a much stronger cotton thread
What is a water frame
300
I powered the first trains, now horses don't have to drag me
What is steam
300
On of the major complaints the workers made were the days were too long , from dawn till darkness, they wanted this instead
What is a 10 hour work day
300
the first industry to take steps towards industrialization
What is textile
400
I founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
Who is Sarah Bagley
400
an organization formed by workers to improved their working conditions
What is a labor union?
400
What two big advantages did trains have over all other forms of transportation in the 1800's
What is travel anywhere in any weather?
400
Many woman wrote articles for this magazine produced by female workers
What is Lowell Offering
400
I came up with the idea of hiring young unmarried farm girls to work in my mills and creat a wholesome environment for them
Who is Frances Lowell
500
I believed America should have a dual economy which included agriculture and manufactoring
Who is Alexander Hamilton
500
My design was improved by Mr. Fulton to be more efficient and reliable. It was important that I go upstream!
What is a steamboat
500
I was the idea of Gov. Clinton, known as the "Clinton's Big Ditch" I mad it easier for goods to be moved through the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Erie Canal?
500
Lynn Massachusetts had a big strike to protest the working conditions in the mills of which industry?
What is shoe factories
500
The shift from hand tools to power - driven machinery
What is the Industrial Revolution
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