Manufacturing Revolution Flashcards
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How did the putting out system help to create a rise in industrialization?
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- Putting out: the division of small tasks of steps of a larger process to a specific group of labors
- Lowered production costs and times
- Increased industrial output making goods accessible to more ppl
- Provided income to poor families allowing them access to lux goods for the first time
2
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How did industrialization change the nature of work?
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- Created set work days in which people were beholden to bosses and time clocks
- Deskilled workers- no longer were goods made by craftsmen
- Shifted production from the home to factories
- Little autonomy for workers
a. set hours
b. punishment for tardiness
c. standardized days
d. no more drinking on the job
3
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What are the affects of increased industrial consumption
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- Increased standard of living (oil lamps and new lux goods)
- Creates demand for innovation and thus the creation of new markets
4
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What were the goals of workers organizations such as the Men’s Party
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- Bring about changes in the work place such as increased pay and better conditions
- Install the labor value theory (workers paid more than boss because the created the product)
5
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Explain the process of selling western land?
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- Govt had surveyors create a “grid” of land so it could be sold
- Land Law of 1796: 640 acres for 2$ an acre
- Land Law of 1800: 320 acres for sale on credit (stimulate the growth)
- Land offices were govt agencies created to oversee the sale of land
- provided low inserts payments for four year repayment plans
6
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What caused the Panic of 1819
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- Changes in Atlantic Sea Trade (Europe relies on US Cotton)—->Raises prices of cotton and land
- New economic potential causes land favor
- Farmers sought to increase landholdings by looking west
- States create new banks to provided loans to farmers
- Land speculators buy land cheap and resell at high prices
- End of Napoleonic wars causes England to shift back to AG
- Drops price of cotton—> farmers can not repay new loans
- Banks foreclose on land but can not resell
- Govt has to buy back land to save the economy
7
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Identify key American innovators and inventors
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- Elie Whitney: Cotton Gin, increased production and solidifies slavery in the South
- Robert Fulton: Steamboat, increased rates of transportation
- Samual Morase: Telegraph, state wide communication
- Cyrus McCormick: Horse Drawn reaper
8
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Describe the development of improved methods of transportation in the 19th C>.
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- New Technologies spurred growth
a. steamships
b. railroad ties - Large scale building of roads and turnpikes
a. cumberland rd (MD to IL)
b. State turnpikes - Canals
a. Erie Canal connect NYC with the West - John Quincy Adams and the American System
a. Sponsored transportation revolution to stimulate economic growth
9
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How did the new systems of transportation affect the lives of Americans
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- Opened the country for quick travel–>Stimulates commerce–>more access to jobs
- Rural to Urban shift
- Created new jobs (building railroads)
- Promoted western expansion
- Improved “American Spirit”
10
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Identify the ideals of each social class
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- Economic Elite
a. Pro-Slavery
b. Created Clubs to ensure they have political power
c. inherited wealth from colonial traders - New Money (Manufacture)
a. Got money through hard work
b. promoted schools so others could to - Middle Class
a. only father worked
b. children are the future (education)
c. focused on morals
d. anti-slavery - Working Class
a. whole family worked if they needed to
b. pro-slavery and anti-immigration (feared loss of jobs)
c. affected the most in poor economy
d. drank heavily/ paid for entertainment as diversions