Industriization Flashcards
Industrialization
Occurred primarily in north, machines replaced work people did, factory work was the most common work in the north, unskilled workers replaced skilled workers, women and children worked,
Mass production
Production of large amounts of manufactured goods aided by machines and interchangeable parts
What was mass production aided by
Interchangeable parts
3 factors that led to Industrialization
War of 1812: cause Americans couldn’t but goods from England they made them their self, Inventions: changed way manufactured goods were produced, improvements in transportation: goods could be shipped from east to west in short times
Interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney; parts that are exactly like another part
Factory system
Workers and machines work together under one roof
Urbanization
Factories were built in the cities as a result, many people moved to the cities
Steam boat
Fulton; allowed people and goods to travel upstream more quickly, farmers could ship crops more cheaply and manufactured goods shipped back to the farmers were much cheaper as well
Steel plow and mechanical reaper
Plow:Deere
Mechanical reaper: McCormick
Allowed farmers to more efficiently grow crops in the Midwest; grain sold to people in the cities
Bessemer steel process
A way to produce steel faster then before. Rapid steel production helped to feed the rapid growth of the railroads
Effects of cotton gin
Increased need for slaves, triggered move westward, planters grew more cotton, more natives were driven off their land
McCulloch vs Maryland
Supreme Court ruled that Maryland couldn’t tax a national bank; Marshall is cheif Justice
Gibbons vs Ogden
Supreme Court rules that interstate commerce could be regulated only by the federal government, not state governments. Marshall is the Chief Justice- Gibbeons wins
Manifest destiny
Phrase coined by John O’Sullivan
Idea held by many Americans that the US should extend from the west to the east. Americans believed that it was the right to have a Western lands. American Indians believe it was the right to defend their territory
Causes of Mexican American war
Texas statehood, rio grande vs Nueces River, manifest destiny, US desire for pacific ports
Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
Ended the Mexican American war. Mexico ceded territory between Texas and Pacific ocean to the US , Mexico recognize Texas as part of the US
Impact of Mexican American war
Manifest destiny was complete, increased sectionalism, large population of Mexicans was introduced to the US-had important cultural and economic influence
Mexican cession
Territory ceded by Mexico to the US
Gadsden purchase
Squires by purchase from Mexico in 1853
Mormons
Moved west to escape religious persecution- settled in Utah
Homestead act
A family could attain a title to 160 acres of public land after clearing and improving it for 5 years
Transcontinental railroad
Railroad line that linked the well developed network on the east coast with California
