Inventions
Different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet
Morse Code
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
What was the Rhode Island System?
Slater's strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks
Robert Fulton
Created the steamboat
What is the Industrial Revolution?
a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
What are textiles?
Cloth items
Who perfected the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What is the Lowell System?
Based off water-powered textile mills and hired young unmarried women.
Name 4 effects of the railroads
-Caused cities to grow
-The logging industry expanded
-Newspaper industry increases
-Linked the Midwest to the East and South
What is manufacturing?
Creating something on a large-scale basis, using machinery.
What is the Cotton Gin?
a machine that removes seeds from short-staple cotton
Eli Whitney
Patented the Cotton Gin
What is Mass Production?
the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
Name two benefits of the steamboat
-It could move upriver
-Did not rely on wind power
Why were craftspeople threatened by factories?
Factories quickly produced low-priced goods.
What was the Water Frame?
The water frame uses flowing water as its source of power. It could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time.
Cyrus McCormick
Created the Reaper
What is Division of Labor?
Work is divided among several people, each doing a specific task.
Who created the Tom Thumb (a small but powerful locomotive)
Peter Cooper
Why was Great Britain well suited for factories? Why were their goods cheaper than American ones?
British workers were willing to work for even lower wages.
What are interchangable parts?
parts of a machine that are identical
Name Sarah G. Bagley's achievement
The passing of the 10-hour workday in multiple states including Pennsylvania and Ohio.
What did trade unions do?
groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions
What did the Gibbons vs. Ogden case determine?
The Supreme Court determined the federal government's authority to regulate trade between the states by ending monopolistic control over waterways in several states
Name two problems the Mill girls faced.
-work 12 to 14 hours a day
-Risk of health problems