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unsuccessfully sued to limit New York’s waterway rights
Who is Aaron Ogden?
built the small but powerful locomotive Tom Thumb in 1830
Who is Peter Cooper?
developed the mechanical reaper, a harvesting machine, in 1831
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel.
What is The Transportation Revolution?
companies began to mass produce earlier inventions. What effect did this have on families?
They could buy items they could not afford in the past.
developed the strategy of hiring families and dividing work into simple tasks, known as the Rhode Island system
Who is Samuel Slater?
came up with the idea of interchangeable parts and invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whiney?
fought to obtain a 10-hour workday for employees of private businesses
Who is Sara G. Bagley?
challenges engineers and mechanics faced while building railroads
What is the railroads had to pass over mountains and rivers.
Textile manufacturers kept the costs of running a mill low by
hiring children and paying them very little.
invented the telegraph
Who is Samuel F.B. Morse?
developed mills featuring power looms that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
best describes working conditions in the mills in the 1800s?
What is Some workers suffered from health problems such as chronic cough due to unsafe conditions
the demand for coal increased as the demand for steel grew because
coal was used in furnaces for steel production.
How did technological developments during the Industrial Revolution enable people to build factories almost anywhere?
The shift to steam power meant factories no longer had to be built near streams, rivers, or waterfalls
credited with inventing the spinning and water frame
Who is Richard Arkwright?
designer of the first full-sized commercial steamboat, the Clermont
Who is Robert Fulton?
The invention of the plow and the reaper helped the farming industry by
enabling farmers to plant and harvest huge crop fields
Companies built their factories closer to cities and transportation centers in the mid-1800s to
provide themselves with easier access to workers.
The water frame revolutionized production of cloth by
harnessing the power of flowing water, which sped up production.
Period of rapid growth in the use of machines and manufacturing
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Workers would go on ______ to force factory owners to meet their demands for better pay and better working conditions
What is a strike?
The system of _______ _______ was developed to represent letters of the alphabet when sending telegraph messages.
What is Morse Code?
How did the telegraph change the way of life in the world?
You can communicate with people more quickly and efficiently.
How did the War of 1812 lead to a boom in manufacturing?
Americans bought American goods instead of foreign goods