Unit 6: Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Who started the American Industrialization and how?
Samuel Slater started the American Industrialization by taking Britain’s designs and creating the first US textile mill.
How did the US government support industrialization?
Free Enterprise.
How did Industrialization contribute to slavery?
Inventions like the cotton gin increased the profits and efficiency of plantations, meaning the South needed slaves even more than before.
How did industrialization affect the Northern region?
It turned the North’s economy toward manufacturing.
Describe Urbanization.
The development of cities. This heavily boomed due to the increase of factory jobs.
Why did immigration increase during this time?
What did interchangeable parts do?
It increased manufacturing, making it cheaper, more profitable, and also easily replaceable.
What did the steamboat do?
It increases efficiency of foreign trade
How did industrialization impact Westward Expansion?
Efficient methods of creating steel (Bessemer Process) led to better and more widespread railroads. This helped in the creation of the Transcontinental railroad.
What did Samuel Morse do?
Created Morse code and the telephone which quickened communication.
