Chapter 11 history Flashcards

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To promote their products inventors of labor savoring devices did all except

A

give stuff away for free

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1
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Why was the telegraph significant?

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It enabled people to send news quickly coast to coast

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2
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American manufactures disadvantages against British

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appealing to attract American workers

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3
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What did French Alexis de Toequelle say

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contribution made it convenient

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4
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What was the effect of distribution throughout America?

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technological advancements did not change the fact majority of industry based on New England

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5
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Small expensive machine

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Spinning Jenny

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6
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Who invented water frame,lowered cost of cotton, and increased speed of production

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Richard Arcwrite

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7
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Why were changes of manufacturing needed in 1700s

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demanded increase

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8
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Period of rapid growth using machines

A

Industrial Revolution

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9
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Water frame revolutionized production of cloth by

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shifting production from homes into mills

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10
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American textile mills were built in the north because

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waterways and streams

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11
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“I am persuaded…mass producing muskets”

A

Whitney

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12
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Fought to reduce workday to 10 hours

A

Sarah G Bagley

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13
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Why was coal better than wood

A

produced more energy

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14
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Transportation of Revolution affected farmers to

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Plow, cut trees, make more farmland in the Midwest

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15
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What was the center of businesses and everything

A

Urban Hubs

16
Q

Gibbons vs Ogden was a case about

A

Interstate commerce

17
Q

Supreme Court decided..

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Gibbons license had priority over Ogden

18
Q

Steamboats traveled..

A

well upstream

19
Q

What drove the pace of railroad production

A

Faster transportation

20
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“Praise being the engineer for traveling faster”

A

Charles

21
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Patriot “to be independent for comforts of life we must…ourselves”

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Thomas Jefferson

22
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How did War of 1812 help American Manufacturing

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encouraged Americans to buy domestic goods.South shipped to North

23
Q

Introduced idea of interchangeable parts

A

Whitney

24
Q

Why did people buy clocks

A

Factory hours and railroad schedules

25
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Textile manufactures kept mill cost low by

A

Hiring kids

26
Q

hired put whole families to work

A

Rhode Island System (slater)

27
Q

Why were strikes of unions unsuccessful

A

Courts/police did not take their side

28
Q

groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions

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Trade union