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IndustrialRevolution
Social Studies G8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Effects of the War of 1812 | U.S. manufacturing increased because of boycott of British goods |
| Industrial Revolution | new inventions helped farming and helped factories make goods faster; goods became cheaper; need for workers grew |
| Cotton gin | expanded cotton production and the need for more agricultural labor (slaves) |
| Interchangeable parts | more efficient way to produce goods; led to mass production; price of goods decreased |
| Free enterprise | economy with little gov't regulation; based off supply and demand; developed in response to strong colonial trade laws |
| Women | started working outside the home, mainly in textile mills |
| Canals | man-made rivers; price of foods decreased; Northeast cities grew along canals (New York City); Erie Canal |
| Steamboat and railroads | resulted in faster, more efficient transportation of goods; price of goods decreased |
| Telegraph | invention by Samuel Morse used to communicate rapidly |
| Immigrants | Irish came to U.S. because of potato famine; others came to U.S. for economic opportunity; worked in northern |
| Missouri Compromise | temporarily relieved sectional differences by maintaining the balance between the number of free and slave states in the Union |
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