Section 1
How did machines speed up textile industry.
It threaded cotton for them.
What system was based on water powered textile mills that employed young unmarried women?
Lowell System
What court case reached the supreme court in 1824 with regards to regulating trade between the states waterways?
Gibbons v. Ogden
What is a system made of different combinations of dots and dashes used to represent each letter of the alphabet called?
Morse Code
What do you call it when people protest and march for work improvements, more money and better conditions in the workplace?
Strikes
What was the first important break through.
The textile industry.
Why did workers form unions?
So they could go on strike together and if something happens the union can get bale them out of jail.
What replaced wood as the new fuel for trains and steamboats?
Coal
Who improved the first sewing machine invented by
Elias Howe?
Isaac Singer
What is a device that could send information over wires across great distances?
Telegraph
A period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
What is the Industrial Revolution.
How was the Lowell system different then the Rhode Island system.
The Rhode Island system wanted big families and the Lowell system targeted unmarred women.
Who invented the locomotive train?
Peter Cooper
Who invented a new harvesting tool called the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
What is a group that tried to improve pay and working conditions called?
Trade Union
How did Whitney influence American manufacturing.
By making interchangeable parts.
How many hours did a Mill Girl work
about 16 hours.
Who is the first person to invent the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What made communications easier and quicker across the U.S. ?
The telegraph.
What system targeted big families to work in their factories and divide factory work into simple tasks?
The Rhode Island System
What was the first industry to manufacture goods?
The water wheel industry.
What problem did Slater have in his mills, and how did he solve it?
He hired big families.
What benefits did the Transportation Revolution bring to trade in daily life?
A period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel.
What farming object did John Deere invent?
The steel plow.
What is the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods called?
Mass Production