Section 1
What was the first industry to begin to use machines to manufacture goods?
The Textile Industry
What problems did many mill owners have in finding workers?
Workers got sick from being exposed to machines for too long while working with no windows open to let out dirty air and bring in clean air
What forms of transportation were improved or invented at this time?
Steamboats, railroads, and steam-powered trains
In what year did Samuel F. B. Morse perfect the telegraph?
1832
The first important breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution took place in how what were made?
Textiles
What did some families produce to sell to merchants for a profit?
Extra cloth
In what year did the advertisement for families to work at Blackstone Manufactory appear in the newspaper?
1823
What transformed the United States during the 1800s?
A Transportation Revolution
What two things had far-reaching effects on Americans' lives?
The Industrial Revolution and Transportation Revolution
The Lowell system employed what type of women from where?
Young, unmarried women from local farms
In what year did Englishman Richard Arkwright invent a large spinning machine known as a water frame
1769
Why did mill workers get sick while working?
They were exposed to machines which made the air dirty and no windows were open to let out dirty and and bring in fresh air
What were the Upstream River Rates per 100 pounds of steamboats by decade from 1800 to 1830?
$9 in 1800, $7.75 in 1810, $2.25 in 1820, and $0.25 in 1830
In what year did Eli Whitney propose the idea of mass producing guns
1798
Where did the Clermont travel on August 9, 1807?
Against the current up the Hudson Riverbwithout trouble
In what year did Samuel Slater form his own company to build a mill?
1798
How much did Lowell girls get paid by mills?
Between $2 and $4 each week
In what year did Aaron Ogden sue Thomas Gibbons for operating steamboats in New York waters that Ogden said he owned?
1819
In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented what?
The mechanical reaper
The telegraph was for communication over what?
Over wires across great distances
What did new machines encourage?
The rise of new processes in business and manufacturing
For Lowell girls, what was the cost for room and board?
$1.25
In what year were four standard time zones introduced in the United States to help railroads offer uniform train schedules?
1883
In what year did Walter Hunt invent the safety pin?
1849
What is SOS in Morse code?
dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot