Chap 19 Section1 Flashcards
God expects men to work and all work is a noble duty done to glorify God
Protestant Work Ethic
Growing only enough food to feed family
Subsistence farming
Invented seed drill in 1701
Jethro Tull
Invented steel plow 1837
John Deere
Invented reaper, thresher, and combine
Cyrus McCormick
Work done in small private shops
Domestic System
Large number of people employed to manufacture goods in a systematic way for wages
Factory System
Wages compared to cost of living
Real wages
Invented Flying Shuttle
John Kay
Invented Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves
Invented spinning frame
Richard Arkwright
Invented spinning mule
Samuel Crompton
Invented power loom
Edmund Cartwright
Movement in which land owners fenced off land to raise livestock
Enclosure movement
Invented cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Invented 1st practical steam engine
James Watt
Invented miner’s safety lamp
Sir Humphry Davy
Helped in steel industry by inventing the Bessemer process
Henry Bessemer and William Kelly
Connected Lake Erie and Hudson River
Erie Canal
Joined Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
Ships known for fast speed
Clipper ships
Invented 1st practical steam ship called Clermont
Robert Fulton
Invented 1st practical steam-powered locomotive
George Stephenson
Perfected gas power internal combustion engine
Gottlib Daimler