Industrial Revolution
The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
England
3 Natural Resources
coal, iron ore and rivers
Invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney
What are acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group
genocide?
Channel dug and filled with water to allow boats to cross a stretch of land
canal
How were machines powered in the early 1800s?
by water
the leading occupation of Americans in the 1800s
Farming!
Even though many New Englanders preferred to work in factories, most Americans in other places still worked and lived on farms.
Alexander Graham Bell invented this
the phone
What is a belief in the U.S. during the 1800's that the country must extend to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
Road built by a private company that charged tolls for using it
turnpike
What the Industrial Revolution means
a change in the way people worked
Movement of the population from farms to cities
urbanization
Invented the telegraph
Samuel B. Morse
To withdraw or break away from a nation or organization
secede
Identical parts of a tool or instrument that are made by machine
interchangeable parts?
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
by hand
Method of producing goods that brings workers and machines together in one place
factory systems
Thomas Edison invented this
the light bulb
Loyalty to one's state or area rather than to the nation as a whole
sectionalism
Economic activity taking place between two or more state
interstate commerce
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
with machines
How did New England’s physical geography support the growth of industries?
Rivers and streams in New England provided power to run the machines.
All of the seaports allowed easy access to transport goods.
1st to successfully fly an airplane
the Wright Brothers
This machine separates seeds from the cotton
the cotton gin
Economic system in which people and companies own the means of production
capitalism