Ch.10 S 2-4 Flashcards
Explain the method of production before mass production.
They never had ready made goods and only made goods upon requests.
What were three natural resources American manufactures had access to?
Lumber,iron,water
What accomplishments are accredited to Eli Whitney?
Creation of interchangeable parts
Define industrial revolution.
Make goods with machines instead of making goods by hand.
What was Richard Arkwright’s invention? What powered it?
Water-frame;water
Who was Samuel Slater?
He memorized blueprints of New England factories and brought the idea of factories to America.
What kind of jobs did the women have in the colonies?
Journalists,shopkeepers,doctoresses,and midwives
Why were women unable to get licenses?
Weren’t permitted in college
What is one way a woman gained more control over the activities in the household?
When the husband was gone long to work at factories.
Who was Benjamin Rush?
He spoke out for women education
Describe the Rhode Island system.
Young children worked Slater’s spinning machines(child labor)
Describe the Lowell system.
Employed young in married women from nearby farms who were willing to work for wages.
Where did most of America’s early industry develop?
New England
How were the roads by the early 1900s?
Were poor,unpaved, muddy,bumpy,rutted in summer
Who authorized Cumberland road?
Thomas Jefferson
Why was Cumberland road so important?
Linked east to west
What was Cumberland road built with?
Stone foundation with gravel topping
How did we connect American waterways?
Digging canals
Who made up the main labor force of the construction of the Erie Canal?
European immigrants
How were canals beneficial?
Farm products were now cheaper shipped and no longer to have to carry them up and over mountains.
Who invented the steam engine?
James Watt
What was the first steamed powered locomotive? Who designed it?
Tom Thumb; Peter Cooper
Why are trains better than canals?
Go anywhere,faster,pull greater loads,operate all year.
How did railroads expand our economy?
Increased demand for iron,land prices were increased,reduced travel time and cost, and expanded businesses
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.
