Industrial Revolutions
How did the invention of new farm machines contribute to urbanization in the nation
Farmer started to leave countryside and went west to farm
How did Americans find ideas for new technology
They looked for modern science
Who were people who invest in a business to make profit
What is a capitalist
Who made textile mills powered by water
Samuel Slater
Why did more people started to move to rural areas
For better jobs
What were drawbacks of urbanization
Mud streets, garbage was thrown into the street and the garbage sweep into well
What did the developments of interchangeable parts influence
Encouraged the spread of the factory system
What is it called when you are limited supply
What were scarcity
Who created the steamboat
Who is Robert Fulton
What attractions did cities have?
Theater, museums and circuses
How did competition and the quest for profit change working conditions in American mills?
people started to care less and working declineds
What did the factory system bring together
Workers and machines
What were parts that were alike or identical.
Interchangeable parts
Who made interchangeable parts
Who is Eli Whitney
In 1800s what was the estimate amount of Americans in rural areas
5 million
What help transportation boost the market revolution in the early 1800s
Interchangeable parts and steamboats
Which was the main cause of the increase in the number and the size of cities in the United States?
Who were people who worked in the Lowell mills and were young woman
Lowell girls
Who created the spinning wheel to make things like yarn and thread
James Hargreaves
What would happen when sewage and garbage sweep into wells
They would be polluting water
How did Industrial Revolution affect the force of supply and demand
There was higher demand for factory-made products.
What was the main reason young women were drawn to working in mills?
They wanted greater economic freedom.
What is the movement of the population from rural areas.
Urbanization
Who created light weight steel plows
Who is Jethro Wood
What diseases appear when people threw garbage into the water
What is the Epidemic of cholera