Early Economy & Society
Most people in the early 1700s worked in this occupation
What are farmers?
The first industry to change dramatically during the Industrial Revolution
What is the textile industry?
This invention removed seeds from cotton quickly
What is the cotton gin?
This invention allowed messages to travel quickly through wires
What is the telegraph?
A worker who learns a trade from a skilled mentor
What is an apprentice?
This type of farmer grows food mainly for their own family
What is a subsistence farmer?
Twisting fibers together to make thread
What is spinning thread?
The inventor who promoted interchangeable parts
Who is Eli Whitney?
The system of dots and dashes used with the telegraph
What is Morse Code?
Factories often had these unsafe conditions
What are poor lighting,polluted air, and crowded machinery, locked doors?
This economic system was still developing in the U.S. in the late 1700s
What is free enterprise?
This invention made thread production much faster in the 1760s
What is the spinning jenny?
Identical parts that can easily replace each other
What are interchangeable parts?
This inventor created the steamboat Clermont
Who is Robert Fulton?
A group that represents workers in negotiations
What is a labor union?
A crop grown to sell for profit, like tobacco and cotton.
What is a cash crop?
This country first dominated textile production
What is Great Britain?
Machine that removed seeds from cotton quickly
What is the cotton gin?
This energy source powered trains, factories, and steamboats
What is coal?
When workers refuse to work until demands are met
What is a strike?
This government policy stops trade with another country
What is a trade embargo?
British laws forced this man to disguise himself before bringing factory knowledge to America
Who is Samuel Slater?
The industry Slater helped build in the U.S.
What is the textile industry?
The name of the railroad that connected the North American Continent.
What is the Transcontinental RR?
This labor leader helped found the American Federation of Labor
Who is Samuel Gompers?