Section 1 Questions
What was the industrial revolution?
A period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
What is the Rhode Island system.
slater's strategy of hiring family's and dividing factory work into simple tasks.
What was the transportation revolution?
a period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of there methods.
What was the telegraph?
a device that could send information over wires across great distances.
Who is Samuel Slater?
A skilled British mechanic.
What is mass production?and why do you think it was important?
The efficient production of large numbers of identical good.Mass production was important because of the goods in the large quantities by stepping up the parts of the techniques.
What is the Lowell system?
Based on water powered textile mills that employed young unmarried women from local farms.
what was the clermont?
the first full-sized commercial steamboat.
What was morse code?
different combinations of dots and dashes that represents each letter of the alphabet.
Who is Sarah G.Bagley?
She was a millworker.
What is texiles?
Cloth items.
What is unions?
Groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions.
what was the gibbons v.ogden?
reached the supreme court in 1824 the court reinforced the federal government's authority to regulate trade between the states by ending the monopolistic control over waterways in several states.
Why didn't people believe that the telegraph actually worked?
they didn't believe that the telegraph didn't work because they didn't thing dots and dashes was going to appear on the other telegraph.
Who is Peter cooper?
The man who build a small but powerful locomotive called the Tomb Thumb.
What is technology?
The tools used to produce items or to do work.
What was the life of a mill girl
-Girls had to keep their hair pulled back so it didn't get caught in the machines
-windows were always shut to prevent wind coming in
-girls must shout to be heard above the power looms
-The air was so dirty that ended up causing breathing problems
what year was the first steamboat made?
In the late 1700's
Why did companies begin mass production?
they wanted to improve the household items the family had.
Who is Samuel F.B.Morse?
He perfected the telegraph.
What is mass production?
The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.
What are strikes?
Workers on strike refuse to work until employers meet their demands.
What came out first steamboat or train?
steamboat.
who had the idea to make the telegraph and why?
Samuel F.B Mores had the idea to make the telegraph because he thought that sending letters took a very long time so he thought of the telegraph
Who is Eli Whitney?
He was a inventor.