Industrial Revolution
Industrial & Transportation Revolution
Advances in Technology
The Cotton Industry
Slavery
100
Why were most early strikes by union members unsuccessful?
The courts and the police did not take their side.
100
What was the Tom Thumb and why was it significant?
It was a locomotive that was credited with bringing “railroad fever” to the United States.
100
What advances were made with communication?
Morse's telegraph
100
Who were the hard-working small farmers in the South?
Yeomen
100
What was the effect of Nat Turner’s rebellion of 1831?
Slave codes were toughened.
200
What was one argument given by Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin about why there were so few factories in the United States?
There was a high availability of farmland in the United States.
200
What challenges did engineers and mechanics face while building railroads?
The railroads had to pass through mountains and rivers.
200
How did technological developments during the Industrial Revolution enable people to build factories almost anywhere?
The shift to steam power meant factories no longer had to be built near streams, rivers, or waterfalls.
200
What does “crop rotation” involve?
Changing the type of plant grown on a given plot each year in order to protect the land from mineral loss.
200
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify the institution of slavery by arguing that
God created some people to rule over others.
300
Why did some Southerners oppose industry?
Agriculture was already very profitable.
300
Who is considered the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and why?
Samuel Slater - he brought the textile manufacturing expertise from England to America
300
In the mid-1800s, companies began to mass-produce earlier inventions. What effect did this have on families?
They could buy items they could not afford in the past
300
What was the “cotton belt”?
An area stretching from South Carolina to Texas that grew most of the country’s cotton crop.
300
Why did many southern cities and states pass laws to limit the rights of freed slaves?
Southern citizens feared freed slaves would try to encourage slave rebellions.
400
How did the War of 1812 help American manufacturing?
Tariffs on foreign goods encouraged Americans to buy domestic goods.
400
What did Sarah G. Bagley do to improve working conditions for employees of private businesses?
fought for a 10 hour work day
400
What was Cyrus McCormick's responsible for developing?
Mechanical reaper for harvest wheat
400
Why did industry remain a minor part of the southern economy after the 1840s?
Planters received tax cuts to cultivate crops.
400
Why were slaves uneducated?
Teaching slaves was prohibited in most states.
500
What happened to workers in the textile industry as a result of Francis Cabot Lowell’s introduction of a new system?
More women became mill workers because of the opportunity to earn better wages than most available jobs
500
Contrast the Rhode Island (1 point) and Lowell systems (1 point).
Rhode Island attracted families and Lowell attracted young unmarried women
500
What effects did the cotton gin have on slave labor?
Increased the demand and the domestic slave trade
500
What effects did the cotton gin have on the southern economy
Drastically increased production, made it quicker and easier to process
500
What would a slave have worried about most when coming up for auction?
the fate of parents, brothers, sisters, and children
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