Chapter 11 and 12 Test (Stump) Flashcards
1) what is the ‘Industrial Revolution?’
2) what 1764, British invention sparked the revolution?
1) machines that will replace hand tools
2) spinning Jenny
By the 1790s, what types of engines were being built away from riverbanks?
Steam-power engines
1) why did it take until the War of 1812 for the United States to join the ‘Industrial Revolution?”
2) what part of the unites states did it start to boom?
1) the embargo
2) northeast
Define the following words
A) capitalists
B) mass production
C) interchangeable parts
A) people who provide money to invest
B) rapid manufacturing of identical products
C) identical pieces that can be replaced quickly
1) what is urbanization?
2) name 3 problems that urbanization provided
1) rapid population movement from rural areas to the cities
2) filthy streets, lack of clean water, abstinence of good sewage system, fires
1) what invention, developed in the 1830’s, allowed quick messages over large distances using electric current?
2) who invented it?
1) telegraph
2) Samuel F.B. Morse
1) What farm machine started a revolution in agriculture?
2) Which part of the country with his help the most?
1) steel plow, reaper
2) the south and west
Explain how each transportation sped up the Industrial revolution
A) steam boats
B) clipper ships
C) railroads
A) you could go up river
B) traveled well on rivers-fastest river ship
C) could be built almost anywhere
What 1793 invention boomed the textile industry in the U.S.?
Cotton gin
What percent of southern farmers actually owned slaves
10%
1) What were slave codes or what was the purpose of them?
2) Give at least three examples of typical codes of the plantation
1) Rules of slaves followed on
2) no guns, no testify in court, needed to have a pass to leave plantation, no more than three in a group
1) What famous early pioneer develop the world wildness Road?
2) where is this ‘gap’ located
1) Daniel Boone
2) Cumberland- appalation mountains to Kentucky
Define the transportation method
A) turnpikes
B) corduroy roads
C) canal
A) toll roads
B) roads made of sawed off logs laid side by side
C) connect large bodies of wster
What did the ‘Missouri compromise state?’
Maine free state
Missouri slave state
1) what is reform?
2) name 3 reform areas taking place during the age of Jackson
1) Attempt to improve contains of life (change)
2) alcohol, abuse, pubic education, legal rights