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Chap 11 Industrial R
industry, reform, annexation and boomtown
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| textile | cloth or fabric |
| interchangeable parts | parts made by a machine to be exactly the same size and shape |
| mass production | making many products all at once |
| productivity | the amount of goods and services produced by workers in a certain amount of time |
| What did Eli Whitney do to manufacture guns more quickly and cheaply? | He used interchangeable parts and mass production to make his guns. |
| What invention increased the production of cotton from 1790-1830? | cotton gin |
| entrepreneur | a person who takes a risk to start a business |
| How did the work day change for many people during the Industrial Revolution? | They began working in factories where they did the same job/task all day!!! YUCK |
| famine | widespread shortage of food |
| Why did Irish immigrants usually stay in northeastern cities, while most Germans moved to the Midwest? | the Irish had little money, while the Germans had saved more money |
| reform | an action that makes something better (antislavery and temperance) |
| temperance | means controlling or cutting back on the drinking of alcohol |
| injustice | the unfair treatment that abuses a person's rights (women expected to be silent in public meetings) |
| Why did women's reformers decide to start a movement to protect their rights? | The realized they faced many injustices as a women. |
| Name two leaders in the reform movement for women. | Elizabeth C. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony |
| What crime did Susan B. Anthony commit? | she voted |
| annexation | the act of joining two countries or pieces of land together! |
| manifest destiny | a belief that the United States should spread across the entire North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| Why did Mexico pass laws to stop Americans from settling in Texas? | some of the settlers owned SLAVES and this was against Mexican Law! |
| front | were fighting takes place in a war |
| cession | something (like land) that is given up |
| What were the agreements under the Treaty of Guadalupe? | 1. U.S. allowed to annex Texas 2. Rio Grande is the border between Texas and Mexico |
| Who was Sam Houston? | a solider and the leader of the Texan army and the 1st president of the Republic of Texas |
| wagon trail | a line of covered wagons that moved together |
| forty-niner | a miner that went to California around 1849 |
| gold rush | takes place when many people hurry to the same area to look for gold |
| boomtown | a town where the population booms or grows very quickly |
| Why did people set out on the Oregon Trail? | they wanted to find good, inexpensive land |
| What did the Oregon Trail allow settlers to do? | cross the Rocky Mountains from Missouri to Oregon by wagon |
| Who lived in the boomtowns? | miners, merchants, bankers, and innkeepers... |
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