Lesson 1
What were the advantages of cotton compared to other crops
Cotton could be stored for long periods of time and was inexpensive to transport
How much did child workers earn in factories?
Children earned in one week what adults earned in a day
What were the responsibilities of the overseers?
watch over and direct the work of slaves; punish slaves when they did not follow the rules
Did everyone accept the telegraph's power at first? Explain
Who developed Morse Code?
Alfred Lewis Vail
What information did Samuel Slater bring with him to Rhode Island?
He memorized the plans to build machines used in Britain to make cloth more efficiently
How many free African Americans lived in the south in 1860?
250,000- 4 million slaves
How did slaves resist?
Worked slowly, sabotaged machinery, ran away, practiced religion in secret
What invention did John Deere introduce?
the steel plow blade
Who was Nat Turner?
Virginia slaves who planned to gain freedom by killing slaveholders and their families
What did the Tredegar Ironworks produce?
Bridge materials, cannons, steam engines, and other industrial products
Describe the life of yeomen
owned a small farm, owned only a few slaves, worked side by side with their slaves
How did steamboats affect shipping?
now goods could be easily moved with and against river currents. Cut travel time, reduced prices on goods, Facilitated international trade
Why could newer factories be built almost anywhere?
Steam engines could produce power anywhere
What is the name of the inventor of the Clermont?
Robert Fulton
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production
According to many southerners, how did free African Americans threaten the South's slave system?
Many southerners worried that free African Americans would encourage those who were enslaved to rise up against slaveholders
How did Slaves keep their culture Alive?
Parents passed on their culture to their children verbally, including African customs and traditions. They also told folktales to their children.
Why did the purchase of many household items increase?
decrease in price due to Mass Production
What was Eli Whitney's most important contribution to U.S. Industry?
Interchangeable parts for manufacturing- rifles then factory machines
In what way did Richard Arkwright's machine make history?
It lowered the cost of cotton cloth and raised the production speed
List two advantages and two disadvantages of Lowell mill work.
ADV.- women could earn money, take classes, and join clubs
DIS- 12-14 hour days, cotton dust
Why did information begin traveling at higher speeds?
The increase in travel and trade by steamboats and trains and the improvement in communication with the telegraph
What new methods did Cyrus McCormick Use to persuade people to buy his reapers?
advertised, provided service, let customers buy on credit
Who was Sarah G. Bagley and what group did she start?
mill worker who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association