Industrial Revolution
The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is England or Great Britain
Definition: a type of cloth
a textile
Invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Standardized parts that allow people to replace part of a machine, rather than the whole thing.
Interchangeable Parts
The development of the factory system in early 1800s -
A. a decrease in free trade between nations B. an increase in government regulation of businesses
C. an increase in production levels
D. a decrease in immigration
Definition: a worker that does not having a special skill
Unskilled Laborer (Worker)
An artificial man made waterway through a mass of land. Mostly found in the north.
Canal Ex: Erie Canal
Robert Fulton created the _____________ that uses the steam engine to move manufactured goods upstream quickly.
Steam Boat
A type of ________ system that:
1.Mass produces product
2.Has machines and workers under one roof
3.Allowed for cheap labor -brought in immigration
A. The Factory system
B.The education system
C.Free-Enterprise system
D.The cottage industry
The rise in population in the following cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia occurred because-
A. the rise of industrialism in the United States B. the establishment of a federal income tax
C. a prolonged food shortage in the United States
D. a lengthy war over disputed territory
What does Revolution mean
a change in the way people worked
Term to describe an area like a farm and plantation
Rural
Invented the telegraph
Samuel B. Morse
The north had 22,000 miles compared to the south that had only 9,000
Rail Road System
Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?
A.Building dams in the midwestern states
B.Digging canals across northern states C.Building railroads in western territories D. Constructing bridges in southern states
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
What is by hand
Definition: The movement of jobseekers into the city which leads to population growth
Urbanization
Made the production of steel quicker, easier, and cheaper.
Bessemer Process
A machine that made thread into cloth quickly ( spins more than one spindle at a time)
Spinning Jenny
[The] production of goods moved from home businesses, where products were generally crafted by hand, to . . . production in factories.
A. Expanded public education
B. Rapid technological innovation
C. Increased government spending
D. Rapid territorial expansion
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
What is with machines
An alphabet code that uses a combinations of long and short signals
Morse Code
Agricultural machines that harvested crops mechanically ( quickly)
Mechanical Reaper
This machine separates seeds from the cotton
the cotton gin
The 3 main ideas about the Industrial Revolution are that is made life in the U.S -
Faster, easier, cheaper