Industrial Revlution Flashcards
What is a era
A time period
Who was he 5th presdent and what is one fact about him.
James Monroe - Monroe Doctrine
Who was he 6th presdent and what is one fact about him.
Jhon Q.A. - Wrote the Monroe Doctrine
Who was he 7th presdent and what is one fact about him.
Andrew Jackson - war hero of the war of 1812
As more and more people moved to the West. What was the big problem?
Southerners wanted to take there slave with them.
A Senator called the Great Compromiser tried to keep the states together. Without him and the Missouri Compromise, the Civil War would have broken out much sooner. Who was he, and what is the Misouri compromise
Henry clay and equal number of slave sates and free states.
Cotton was a big deal during this era. Where was I being grown Where was being processed into thread?
grown in the south
processed in the North
During this era, the cotton gin was invented. Who invented it? What did it do? To what terrible evil did it contribute?
Eli Whitney made it, it took the seeds out of cotton and it contributed to more slaves
The Industrial Revolution did not begin in the United States. In what country did it begin? Why wouldn’t this county allow the plans for the mill to be brought out of the country?
it begain in England and they didnt want the plans to leave the contry because they wanted it all to them selves
Who built an even better mill which could weave the cotton thread into cloth?
Henry Lowell
Who memorized the design of the mill, brought it to America, and built a mill of his own?
Samuel Slater
Who did the man hire to work at his mill? What problems were being created?
He hired women and chlidren to work in his mill and this caused problems because it was dangerous and created pouliton.
What is a canal, and why would anyone take the time and expense to build one?
A man-made water way. so they can travel faser and make more money.
Who was the man responsible for the successful building of the Erie Canal? How did he fund this project?
DeWitt Clintion and he would fund i throught invesors
What is a turnpike?
a road with tols
