SS CHAPTER 12

Question 1

Richard Arkwright

Answer 1

he invented a large spinning machine called a water frame. It could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time.

Question 2

Samuel Slater

Answer 2

a skilled British mechanic immigrated to the United States after memorizing the designs of textile mills machines.

Question 3

Eli Whitney

Answer 3

came up with the idea of interchangeable parts which also sped up mass production- the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.

Question 4

Rhode Island System

Answer 4

Samuel Slater’s strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks.

Question 5

Francis Cabot Lowell

Answer 5

a businessman who developed a different approach. He constructed boardinghouses for the women, meaning gave them rooms and meals. He created the Lowell System- water powered textile mills that employed young unmarried women from local farms. It included a loom that could both spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill.

Question 6

Trade Unions

Answer 6

groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions

Question 7

Sarah G Bagley

Answer 7

She improved working conditions to obtain a 10 hour work day instead of 12-14 hours

Question 8

Robert Fulton

Answer 8

tested his first steamboat

Question 9

Clermont

Answer 9

steamboat invented by Robert which could travel upriver.

Question 10

Peter Cooper

Answer 10

built a small but powerful locomotive.

Question 11

Tom Thumb

Answer 11

Powerful locomotive, went up against a horse drawn railcar was going good but towards the end broke down.

Question 12

Samuel Morse

Answer 12

perfected the telegraph, his partner created Morse code- different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet

Question 13

Telegraph

Answer 13

a device that could send information over wires across great distances

Question 14

Cyrus McCormick

Answer 14

developed a new harvesting machine called the mechanical reaper

Question 15

Harvesting Reaper

Answer 15

quickly and efficiently cut down wheat.

Question 16

Isaac Singer

Answer 16

made improvements to Howe’s design. His company was the worlds largest maker of sewing machines.

Question 17

John Deere

Answer 17

Blacksmith who designed the steel plow

Question 18

Water Frame

Answer 18

It could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time. It lowered the cost of cotton cloth and increased the speed of textile production.

Question 19

War of 1812

Answer 19

British ships blocked eastern seaports, preventing foreign ships from delivering goods. Americans began to buy items they needed from American manufacturers instead of foreign suppliers.

Question 20

Working Conditions of the mills

Answer 20

loud machinery caused workers to go deaf, cotton fibers and hot suffocating air gave workers a bad cough, had to wear hair up so their heads dont get caught.