Technology
What is the name of the system people used with dots and dashes to communicate?
Morse Code
Describe the first phase of industrialization.
True or false. Steamboats made fast upstream travel possible.
True
By 1840, the average workday was how many hours?
11.4 hours
When did slavery largely disappear in the North?
1830s
What machine was used to send morse code messages?
The telegraph
What is a "clipper ship"?
A ship that clipped time from long journeys.
How many miles could clipper ships travel per day?
300 miles.
Children worked how many days a week?
6 days
How much was pay for women generally compared to men?
1/2 the pay of men.
Why was a single dot used for the letter e in morse code?
The letter e was most frequently used.
Why were cities on the east coast so successful?
They were located near water (travel & trade)
Before clipper ships, the travel from New York to Great Britain took how many days?
Between 21-28 days.
True or false. Workers often suffered injuries from belts and other parts of machines.
True
The greatest amount of immigrants during 1840-1860 were from __________.
Ireland
What was the name of the man who created Morse code?
Samuel Morse
Describe the second phase of industrialization.
Entrepreneurs built factories to bring specialized workers together.
Peter Cooper
Name 3 items that became popular to mass produce in factories during the 1800s.
Fabric, clothing, shoes, watches, guns, sewing machines, and agricultural machinery.
What is a nativist?
A person who believed that immigration threatened the future of America, and threatened the lives of American born citizens.
Decode the following: ...---...
SOS
Describe the third phase of industrialization.
By 1860, the nation's tracks totaled how many miles?
31,000 miles
Define what a "strike" is and why workers go on strike.
A strike is a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer. Employees will go on strike when they disagree or dislike what is going on in the work place.
Give an example of discrimination against African during this time period. (ex. "African Americans could not... ")
Vote, go to public schools, use the same hospitals as white people, and continued to experience prejudice and discrimination in the workplace and in life in general.