Chapter 12

Question 1

In the early __ most people in the US and Europe made a living by __.

Answer 1

farming

Question 2

The __ was invented and it made thread.

Answer 2

spinning wheel

Question 3

The spinning jenny was invented and it would spin __ threads instead of one.

Answer 3

8

Question 4

__ invented a machine that lowered the cost of __, __ , and __.

Answer 4

cotton, cloth, raised production speed

Question 5

__ invented a loom run by water power called the power loom.

Answer 5

Edmund Cartwright

Question 6

In __ Samuel Slater came to the US and built a __.

Answer 6

1789, textile machine

Question 7

Slater opened __ in __.

Answer 7

Slater’s Mill, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Question 8

Most factories were built in the northeast for three reasons:

Answer 8

1) They had streams to supply water power
2) They had a large labor force
3) It was already a shipping center

Question 9

In __ __ invented a sewing machine ran by a hand turned wheel.

Answer 9

1845, Elias Howe

Question 10

__ improved it and began to market the sewing machine.

Answer 10

Isaac Singer

Question 11

In __ Eli Whitney had the idea of manufacturing using __.

Answer 11

1798, interchangeable parts

Question 12

__ are pieces that are exactly the same.

Answer 12

Interchangeable parts

Question 13

Slater’s method became known as the __.

Answer 13

Rhode Island System

Question 14

__ opened a textile factory in __.

Answer 14

Francis Lowell, Waltham, Massachusetts

Question 15

The textile factory was the first factory that went from __ to __.

Answer 15

raw cotton, finished product

Question 16

There were three disadvantages of working in factories:

Answer 16

1) You couldn’t keep the profits
2) They felt less pride in their work
3) The working conditions continued to get worse

Question 17

men were paid __.

Answer 17

$5

Question 18

women were paid __.

Answer 18

$2

Question 19

Children were paid __.

Answer 19

$1

Question 20

Three things they wanted to protect:

Answer 20

1) shorter hours
2) higher wages
3) education for children

Question 21

__ was the first highly ranked women in the American labor movement.

Answer 21

Sarah Bagley

Question 22

President Martin Van burin had given a __.

Answer 22

ten hour work day to many federal employees

Question 23

__ tested the __ in the US.

Answer 23

Robert Fulton, Clermont

Question 24

In the case of __ vs __ the court ruled that the federal shipping laws overruled state shipping laws.

Answer 24

Gibbons, Ogden

Question 25

Peter Cooper built the __, a small but fast train.

Answer 25

Tom Thumb

Question 26

__ developed the telegraph in __.

Answer 26

Samuel Morse, 1832

Question 27

A short click is called a __.

Answer 27

dot

Question 28

A long click is called a __.

Answer 28

dash

Question 29

Morse’s assistant __ developed the morse code.

Answer 29

Alfred Vail

Question 30

__ was a system of dots and dashes representing letters in the alphabet.

Answer 30

morse code

Question 31

The first message was,

Answer 31

What hath God Wrought

Question 32

__ began selling over 1000 steel plows by __.

Answer 32

John Deere 1846

Question 33

Sirus McCormick developed a new harvesting machine called a __.

Answer 33

mechanical reaper