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Chapter 11
The Nation Expands and Changes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Industrial Revolution began in ____ in the textile industry (primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of yarn, cloth and clothing). | Britain |
| A new way of working where workers and machines come together in one place. | Factory System |
| This allowed factories to be built away from rivers. | Steam power |
| _____immigrated to America in 1789. He built new spinning machines for American merchant Moses Brown. | Samuel Slater |
| _____built a mill that combined spinning and weaving in a single factory. | Francis Lowell |
| Many factories, mines and mills employed children as young as ___ | 7 or 8 |
| .Many factory workers spent ___hour workday in poorly lit factories with little fresh air and in dangerous working conditions. | 12 to 14 |
| Samuel Morse invented the ___, an invention that used electrical signals to send messages very quickly over long distances. | telegraph |
| By 1860 the ____states were producing most of the nation's manufactured goods. | New England and Middle Atlantic |
| Improvements in transportation spurred the growth of industry. Better transportation allowed___ | manufactured goods to be delivered to distant markets and factories to make use of raw materials from farther away |
| In 1830,____built the first American-made steam locomotive. | Peter Cooper |
| People who wanted to preserve the country for white, American born Protestants. | Nativists |
| THEY made sewing clothes faster and cheaper | Elias Howe and Isaac Singer |
| The denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people. | discrimination |
| He persuaded Congress to adopt the Missouri Compromise. | Henry Clay |
| Traveling west was not easy. Roads were unpaved, rough, and easily washed out by rain. Builders constructed _____ out of sawed-off logs laid side by side. | Corduroy roads |
| Helped create the Wilderness Road. | Daniel Boone |
| African - Americans found ways to resist slavery. Some worked slowly, broke equipment, and even fled to seek freedom. Some led rebellions. ___led the most famous slave rebellion in 1831. | Nat Turner |
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