The Industrial Revolution Flashcards
What concept was used by Eli Whitney to mass-produce maskers?
Interchangerageable parts
The industrial revolution began in what country?
England
Who created the concept of the interchangeable parts to mass produce muskets?
Eli Whitney
The first factories were built in the south or north?
North
Who memorized how the spinning jenny worked and then brought the design to the U.S.?
Samuel slater
Who created textile factories that had spinning and weaving machines under the same roof?
Francis Cabot Lowell
The need for workers in factories used the population of the United States to shift from________ to _________
Rural to urban
Who began to be employed as factory workers in large numbers?
Women and children
What dropped as a reality of the industrial revolution?
Cost of clothing
What provided the raw ma trails for northern factories?
The south and the west
The economy of the United States changed from a self sufficient ______ economy to a _______ economy?
Farm to a market
