In 1789, this Englishman sailed to the United States under a false name. He brought the secret of new machines that made thread and cloth with him.
Who is Samuel Slater?
100
The literary magazine published by the women working at Lowell mills.
What is the "Lowell Offering"?
100
This man invented the steel plow.
Who is John Deere?
100
The state in which Samuel Slater's mill was located.
What is Rhode Island?
100
The thirteen original colonies.
What are Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut?
200
This system brought many workers and machines together under one roof.
What is the factor system?
200
The year the town of Lowell was founded in?
What is 1826?
200
This man demonstrated his telegraph in 1837.
Who is Samuel E.B. Morse?
200
The wages women recieved for working at Lowell Mills
What is 2 to 4 dollars?
200
The year the stock market crashed, begging the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
300
A good place to set up factories for several reasons.
What is New England?
300
The year Cyrus McCormick's reaper, used to cut ripe grain, was patented in the year.
What is 1834?
300
Parts that are exactly alike.
What are interchangeable parts?
300
The year the first steamship traveled down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
What is 1811?
300
This type of music, introduced in the 1920s, blends African and European musical traditions.
What is jazz?
400
The reasons for setting up factories in New England.
What are: the factories' need for water power, transportation, and a willing labor force?
400
In 1797, the U.S. government hired this inventor to make 10,000 muskets.
What is Eli Whitney?
400
During this, factory machines replaced hand tools, and large-scale manufactoring replaced farming as the main form of work.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
The war which brought great economic changes to the United States.
What is The War of 1812?
400
The number of known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
What is 92?
500
This man built a factory in Waltham, Massachusetts, which caused the American textile industry to leap forward.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
500
This man invented a steam boat that can move against the current or wind.
Who is Robert Fulton?
500
The steel plow was invented in this year.
What is 1836?
500
Most factories were built near this to power machines.