Chapter 14 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards
Railroad Revolution
Between 1828 and 1860, the United States went from having 0 to 30,000 miles of railroad track. Most of the tracks were located in the north.
Molly Maguires
A secret organization built of Irish immigrants that were coal miners. They protested to gain better working conditions.
German Immigration
Germans came to America and were seen as highly qualified, skilled workers. They lived in communities with each other in Missouri, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
Know-Nothing Party
A group of people who formed a political party that didn’t agree with immigration to America.
John Deere’s Steel Plow
John Deere, being a farmer invented the Steel Plow. The Steel Plow made planting crops in mass amounts much easier.
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
A machine that separated cotton from the seed on large plantations. The cotton gin was invented in 1793.
Samuel Slater
“Father of the Factory System”, he went back and forth between America and Great Britain to memorize machinery plans (specifically the textile machine).
Patent Office
Federal government bureau that reviews patent applications. A patent is a legal recognition of a new invention, granting exclusive rights to the inventor for a period of years.
Transportation Revolution
Includes the making/invention of turnpikes, steamboats, canals, and railroads. Allowed for the economy to improve greatly.
Eli Whitney’s Interchangeable Gun Parts
Interchangeable gun parts allowed for lower skilled gunsmiths to create standardized guns quicker.
Samuel F. B. Morse’s Telegraph
Inventor of the telegraph and the telegraphic code that bears his name. He led the effort to connect Washington and Baltimore by telegraph and transmitted the first long-distance message—”What hath God wrought”—in May of 1844.
Boom and Bust Cycles
Fluctuations in population size that produce a very large population followed by a crash that lowers the population size drastically, followed again by an increase to a large size and a subsequent crash.
The Lowell System
This system developed in the textile mills of Massachusetts, women worked in factories that contained as much machinery as possible. This allowed for the most possible profits.
