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what is the difference from what Samuel Slater did and from what Eli Whitney did?
Samuel Slater immigrated to the United States after carefully memorizing the designs of textile mill machines, and Eli Whitney tried to address problems such as how american gun makers could not produce the muskets quickly enough to satisfy the government's demand
What was the Lowell system based on?
It was based on water-powered
Different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet
Morse code
What was the ruling in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden case?
The ruling freed up waters to even greater trade and shipping
Samuel F. B. Morse perfected what?
The telegraph; a device that could send information over wires acros great distances
How does the Industrial Revolution relate to textiles?
The first important breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution took place in how textiles were made
Who founded the lowell female labor reform association in 1844 and publicized the struggles of factory laborers?
Sarah G. Bagley
Transportation Revolution
a period of rapid growth in the speed and convience of travel because of new methods of transportation
How are Robert Fulton and Peter Cooper alike?
The both invented something
What did the telegraph grow with?
It grew with the railroad
What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Richard Arkwright invented a large spinning machine called a water frame
Why was trade Unions formed?
Because people were facing low wages and fears of losing their jobs
groups that tried to improve pay and working conditins
Trade Unions
What did Robert Fulton test several years later?
He tested the first full-sized commercial steamboat
Who designs did Issac Singer improve?
He improved Howe's design
What did interchangable parts help speed up?
Mass production; the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
Who was Francis Cabot Lowell?
a business man from New England who made the lowell system
Strikes
Workers on strike refuse to work until employers meet their demands
What did Peter Copper build in 1830?
A small but powerful locomotive called Tom Thumb
What did Cyrus McCormick develop?
He developed a new harvesting machine
What did factories need better use of?
Technology; the tools used to produce items or do work
Why did many young women come to Lowell across New England?
They wanted a chance to earn their own money
parts of a machine that are identical
Interchangeable parts
What type of change does the Transportation Revolution bring?
A new fuel and the railroad
What problem did John Deere notice about his friends in Illinois?
They had difficulty plowing thick soil with Iron plows