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13.1-13.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did John Deere invent? | The plow |
| Nearly four million of these arrived in the U.S. between 1840 and 1860. | immigrants |
| This system of hiring factory workers utilized unmarried women from local towns. | Lowell System |
| Religion of most Irish immigrants. | Roman Catholic |
| Why was the American population against Irish immigration in the 1800s? | There was a conflict between separate religions. |
| Where was the first textile mill in the U.S. built and when? | Pawtucket, RI, 1790 |
| Hand-powered spinning wheel which was revolutionary because of how it could be placed inside people's homes. | Spinning Jenny |
| What did James Hargreaves invent? | The Spinning Jenny |
| What did Richard Arkwright invent? | The water frame |
| What did Cyrus McCormick invent? | The mechanical reaper |
| What did Samuel Morse invent? | The telegraph |
| Who invented Morse Code? (NOT Samuel Morse) | Alfred Lewis Vail |
| Why did the popularity of the telegraph grow with the popularity of railroads? | Telegraph wires were posted across railroads. |
| What was the first commercial-sized steamboat tested in France? | The Clermont |
| What did Isaac Singer invent? | The sewing machine |
| What system involved hiring families to work in factories? | The Rhode Island System |
| Dirty, overcrowded multi-room buildings where poor families lived. | Tenemants |
| System of dots and dashes used to communicate messages. | Morse Code |
| Wires where the telegrams were transmitted through. | telegraph wires |
| The fastest form of travel most people had ever experienced in the 1800s. | Railroads |
| In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin? | Great Britain |
| What did the Know-Nothing Party do? | They raised anti-immigration feelings in the U.S. without anyone knowing their motives. |
| How did the Industrial Revolution begin? (In Britain) | Manufacturers started to produce machines to minimalize production times of most goods which were typically made by hand. |
| What did Eli Whitney invent? | interchangeable parts |
| What did Samuel Slater do? | He knew how to make machines in Britain and helped Americans when he immigrated to the U.S. |
| Cloth items. | Textiles |
| Period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production. | Industrial Revolution |
| When did populations and businesses really begin to grow in the U.S.? | The mid-1700s |
| What was the first manufacturing breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution? | Whitney's interchangeable-parts idea |
| Making large numbers of goods that are exactly alike | Mass production |
| Why didn't the Industrial Revolution begin in the U.S.? | Land was abundant in the U.S. so there was more farms. Land was scarce to Britain resorted to factories. |
| When did Americans realize they were relying too much on foreign goods? | When they started to make their own goods and there was a positive outcome. |
| 1st American built steam locomotive? | Tom Thumb |
| What is the capital of Pennsylvania? | Harrisburg |
| What is the capital of New York? | Albany |
| What is the capital of New Jersey? | Trenton |
| What is the capital of Ohio? | Columbus |
| What is the capital of West Virginia? | Charleston |
| What is the capital of Delaware? | Dover |
| What is the capital of Connecticut? | Hartford |
| What is the capital of Rhode Island? | Providence |
| What is the capital of Maryland? | Annapolis |
| What is the capital of Massachusetts? | Boston |
| What is the capital of New Hampshire? | Concord |
| What is the capital of Vermont? | Montpelier |
| What is the capital of Maine? | Ausgusta |
| What is the capital of Michigan? | Lansing |
| What is the capital of Indiana? | Indianapolis |
| What is the capital of Illinois? | Springfield |
| What is the capital of Wisconsin? | Madison |
| What is the capital of Virginia? | Richmond |
| What message did the first official telegraph depict? | "What hath God wrought?" |
| Name the three main waves of U.S. immigration. | 1. Colonial Era 2. Mid-1800s 3. 1880-1920 |
| Social and economic level between rich and poor | Middle class |
| Americans who were opposed to immigration | Nativists |
| Why did the Irish immigrate to the U.S.? | The Potato Famine |
| Why did the German immigrate to the U.S.? | Political problems and harsh rule |
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