[M1S3] Part 1 Flashcards
marked a period of development in
the latter half of the 18th century that transformed largely
rural, agrarian societies in Europe and America into
industrialized, urban ones
Industrial Revolution
The American Industrial Revolution commonly referred to as what?
the second Industrial Revolution (1820 and 1870)
The Industrial Revolution led to inventions that included what
telephone sewing machine X-ray lightbulb combustible engine
The increase in the number of factories and migration to the cities led to what
pollution, deplorable working and living conditions, as well as child labor.
who invented the first steam engine
Thomas Newcomen 1712
who invented the spinning jenny
a british carpenter and weaver, James Hargreaves 1764
who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney 1794
who invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse 1844
creates a machine that
makes it much easier to separate
cotton seeds from cotton fiber.
cotton gin 1794
allows messages to be sent
quickly over a wire.
telegraph 1844
By 1860,
telegraph wires stretch from where to where?
east
coast of the United States west of the
Mississippi River.
who invented the Sewing Machine
Elias Howe 1846
because of this invention, clothes can now be made
in large factories.
sewing machine
using this is a safer way to blast holes in
mountains or the ground than simply
lighting black powder
dynamite
important in clearing paths to build
things such as roads and railroad
tracks.
dynamite
