Ch.10 S 2-4 Flashcards

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Explain the method of production before mass production.

A

They never had ready made goods and only made goods upon requests.

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What were three natural resources American manufactures had access to?

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Lumber,iron,water

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What accomplishments are accredited to Eli Whitney?

A

Creation of interchangeable parts

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Define industrial revolution.

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Make goods with machines instead of making goods by hand.

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What was Richard Arkwright’s invention? What powered it?

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Water-frame;water

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Who was Samuel Slater?

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He memorized blueprints of New England factories and brought the idea of factories to America.

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What kind of jobs did the women have in the colonies?

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Journalists,shopkeepers,doctoresses,and midwives

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Why were women unable to get licenses?

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Weren’t permitted in college

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What is one way a woman gained more control over the activities in the household?

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When the husband was gone long to work at factories.

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Who was Benjamin Rush?

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He spoke out for women education

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Describe the Rhode Island system.

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Young children worked Slater’s spinning machines(child labor)

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Describe the Lowell system.

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Employed young in married women from nearby farms who were willing to work for wages.

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Where did most of America’s early industry develop?

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New England

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How were the roads by the early 1900s?

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Were poor,unpaved, muddy,bumpy,rutted in summer

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Who authorized Cumberland road?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Why was Cumberland road so important?

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Linked east to west

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What was Cumberland road built with?

A

Stone foundation with gravel topping

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How did we connect American waterways?

A

Digging canals

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Who made up the main labor force of the construction of the Erie Canal?

A

European immigrants

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How were canals beneficial?

A

Farm products were now cheaper shipped and no longer to have to carry them up and over mountains.

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Who invented the steam engine?

A

James Watt

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What was the first steamed powered locomotive? Who designed it?

A

Tom Thumb; Peter Cooper

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Why are trains better than canals?

A

Go anywhere,faster,pull greater loads,operate all year.

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How did railroads expand our economy?

A

Increased demand for iron,land prices were increased,reduced travel time and cost, and expanded businesses

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Describe the transportation revolution.
Tied easterners and westerners,and made it easier for people on one region to do business with other people from other regions, and made everyone wealthy.