Inventions
I invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
Where is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution?
Great Britain
This group of workers was in high demand because they were considered to be easily controlled and worked for even lower wages than men. The industrial revolution offered this group new economic opportunities, but they still carried the bulk of domestic responsibilities as well.
Women
This natural geographical feature provided low cost transportation.
Rivers
The South's economy was based on
Agriculture
This device used electric signals to send messages
Telegraph
The Industrial Revolution came to the United States around 1800. The changes began first in New England. Name one reason why.
1.New England did not have good soil for farming. People were willing to give up farming and look for other kinds of work.
2.New England had rivers and streams for waterpower. People used waterpower to run machines in new factories.
3.New England had many ports that could ship goods
Which two method of transportation was vital to the spread of the Industrial Revolution?
Railroads and Steamboats
Where were more and more northerners' moving into?
Cities
What product was grown mainly in the South for large profit?
Cotton
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another part just like it.
Interchangeable parts
An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages
Labor Union
List two of the poor working and living conditions that many suffered moving into cities and working in factories.
Long Hours; Low Wages; Dangerous Working Conditions, Child Labor, etc.
The Industrial Revolution marked a switch from products being made by humans to products being mostly made by
Machines
What was one reason that the South lagged behind the North in literacy?
The South was sparsely populated, etc.
Many in the South did not believe in public education.
People could not send their children so far away.
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Name two negative effects of industrialization.
Pollution, crime, disease, over crowding, tenements, poor living conditions, poor sanitation
A type of economy in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want.
Free Enterprise
List one new device were developed to improve agriculture in the north?
The Mechanical Reaper/ Steel Tipped Plow, etc.
List the four groups of white society in the South in the 1800s.
There were yeomen, tenant farmers, the rural poor, and plantation owners.
Who invented the sewing machine in 1846
Elias Howe
The money used to invest in a business or technology.
What is Capitol
A _______ gives the inventor the sole right to make money from his or her invention for a certain period of time.
Patent
What typed of factory produced cloth and clothing that would become very profitable and greatly improved the North's economy?
Textile mills
List 3 problems with transportation in the South
few rail lines, poor roads, few canals