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Urbanization and Industrialization
North v. South
Free Enterprise
Cottage v. Factory Systems
Inventions
Women, Moving, and Communicating
100
What is the process of moving from a country lifestyle to a city one?
Urbanization Bonus: What word means going from farming jobs to factory jobs?
100
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
New England
100
What is it called when you manufacture goods in large amounts?
Mass production
100
What invention brought industrialization to the South?
The mechanical reaper
100
What did the Telegraph and Morse Code effect?
Communication
200
Urbanization is the result of what process?
Industrialization
200
What is the difference in how the North makes money and how the South makes money?
The North is industrializing and the South is more agrarian. Bonus: Why doesn't New England just farm?
200
What was the Industrial Revolution about?
moving from the cottage system to the factory system Bonus: Explain how each system works.
200
What effect did the cotton gin have in the South?
It spread slavery.
200
What is the most efficient way to move goods?
trains
300
Why did the South never invest a lot of money in industrialization and the Factory System? (what did they spend their money on?)
They spent their money on land for plantations and slaves Bonus: Why were these things important?
300
What was it about the factory system that cause urbanization?
people were moving to cities to be close to their factory jobs
300
Give me four qualities of the Factory System.
tight schedule, weekly/monthly pay, unskilled, urban, lower quality goods, moss production
300
The invention of the cotton gin caused a growth in demand for two goods in the south; what were they?
slaves and cotton
300
What was a positive effect of the Erie Canal?
it brought prices down
400
What did an increase in the number of factories lead to?
Urbanization
400
What are three things you MUST have to have a free enterprise system?
profit, privet property, and competition Bonus: Why are each of these thing so important?
400
Give me four qualities of the Cottage System.
flexible hours, pay per item, high quality goods, skilled workers, rural settings, few items produced
400
Why were Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater important to the Industrial Revolution?
They both invented things that helped speed up production Bonus: What did these men invent?
400
How did growing railroads effect the west?
they opened up new markets in the west Bonus: What invention allowed railroads to move west so quickly and cheaply?
500
What invention could you say mostly led to the rise of industrialization?
Interchangeable Parts Bonus: Why were these so important?
500
What rights does the free enterprise system give us?
The right to make, buy, and sell most goods.
500
Interchangeable parts led immediately to what new way of making things?
mass production
500
Name different ways the Bessemer Steel process urged on the Industrial Revolution.
Made steel cheaper so trains and railways are cheaper, machines in factories are made of a sturdier steel and are also cheaper.
500
What did women do during the IR?
They moved from rural areas to urban areas for the first time