B. unit 2 The Industrial Nation Test Flashcards
sewing machine
Howe
airplane
Wright
Tom Thumb
Cooper
spinning jenny
Hargreaves
transatlantic cable
Field
telegraph
Morse
steam engine
Watt
light bulb
Edison
Clermont
Fulton
reaping machine
McCormick
oil well
Drake
telephone
Bell
The change from hand labor to machine labor
Industrial Revolution
The cotton gin was invented by ________.
Eli Whitney
Which period revived interest in trade and travel from 1100-1200 A.D.?
Crusades
Groups that sought to improve working conditions for the laborer were called ____________ unions.
labor
businessmen with large businesses, combined money, equipment, and other assets into one huge organization?
corporation
People who invest their money in corporations in exchange for a share of the profits are called _______.
stockholders
Businessmen from which part of the country were large investors in American industry?
New England
early 1900s, the North Central & Mid-Atlantic States were important for what industry?
steel
Embargo Act of 1807 stopped American trade with England
false
leading industries in the early 1900s?
textiles
food products
industrial growth, a nation must have rich natural resources, a large work force, and what other resource?
money for investment
____________were investigative journalists who exposed issues in society.
Muckrakers
Factors boosting America’s industrial growth included:
transportation
the Embargo Act of 1807
Problems of the average factory worker included:
poor housing
low wages
the practice of awarding political positions to friends and supporters
political patronage
Influences of England and Europe on America’s Industrial Revolution included
the printing press
the steam engine
Factors contributing to efficient production were:
standardized parts
