B. unit 2 Industrial Revolution of the United States Q.2 Flashcards
airplane
Wright
steam-driven locomotive
Cooper
Model T ®
Ford
transatlantic cable
Field
telegraph
Morse
light bulb
Edison
Clermont
Fulton
reaping machine
McCormick
oil well
Drake
telephone
Bell
Erie Canal connected Lake Erie with which river?
Hudson River
when machines replaced hand labor?
Industrial Revolution
The steamship and the steam locomotive quickened the distribution of industrial goods.
True
The __________ and the Middle Atlantic states were the major production areas in the US
North Central
Mass production enabled products to be manufactured in greater quantities & sold at ___________ cost to the consumer.
a lower
five biggest industries in the United States at the turn of the 20th century?
iron
steel
lumber
textiles
food
Who’s system of production, called the assembly line, combined Whitney’s system
Henry Ford
Money was invested in early American industry by businessmen from:
New England
America’s Industrial Revolution was affected by the one in the country of:
England
The first national road in America was named the ___________ Road.
Cumberland
The ___________ economy was mainly based on industry while the ___________ economy was based on agriculture.
Northern
Southern
South’s problem with establishing industry after the Civil War
finances
Early European factors influencing the growth of the Industrial Revolution
Crusades
printing press
Conflicts that led to progress and industrial power
Civil War
War of 1812
By the 1900s, American power sources
water power
oil
electricity
explain how War, Communication improvements, Transportation improvements, Mass production changed American Industrial Production
