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Servidio SS Chap 10
Servidio Review for Chapter 10 MC/CR Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Industrial Revolution | The movement from handmade to machine made and animal to steam powered |
| Define textiles | Clothing industry |
| Define spinning jenny | Could spin several threads at once |
| Define factory system | The combining of people and machines in one place |
| Define interchangeable parts | The creation of identical parts used for replacement |
| Define urbanization | The movement from farms to cities |
| Why were women and children used in factories? | They were cheap labor |
| What were the attractions to the cities? | Museums, Jobs, Circuses, Shopping |
| What were the hazards of the cities? | Pollution, disease spread, garbage / sewage on the streets and muddy roads |
| Identify the three modes of transportation to the west | Road, Steamboats and Canals |
| Define turnpike | A toll road |
| Define toll | A payment |
| Define corduroy roads | Roads made of logs |
| Define canal | An artificial channel used for connecting two bodies of water for transportation |
| Identify the location of the Erie Canal | New York |
| Identify the four bodies of water the Erie Canal connects | Great Lakes, Mohawk River, Hudson River, Atlantic Ocean |
| Define manifest destiny | The desire to move west to the Pacific Ocean |
| Who was Samuel Slater? | Slater lived in Britain and worked in their factories |
| How did Samuel Slater break British law? | He memorized the plans for a factory system and sold it to the United States |
| Who was Francis Lowell? | He created the Lowell mills and employed girls as the principle workers |
| Who was Eli Whitney? | He created interchangeable parts |
| Who was Dewitt Clinton? | He was the Governor of New York who created the Erie Canal |
| Define liberate | To set free |
| Who was Jose de San Martin? | He was a liberated Chile and Peru |
| Who was Simon Bolivar? | He liberated Venezuela, Columbia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Panama |
| Who was Toussaint L’Overture? | He liberated Haiti (Santo Domingo) |
| Explain the Monroe Doctrine | The United States would not get involved in the affairs of Europe and the Europeans would not interfere in the affairs of the United States and Latin America |
| Explain the Adams-Onis Treaty | The United States bought Florida from Spain for $5 million dollars |
| Why did the United States not want Europeans in Latin America? | To stop them from building colonies and taking United States land |
| Who was James Rumsey? | He equipped a boat with a small steam engine |
| Who was John Fitch? | He built a steamboat that navigated the Delaware River. |
| Who was Robert Fulton? | He created a steamboat called the Clermont. |
| Who were unskilled workers? | Workers that were easily replaceable, paid very little, who lacked a skill. |
| Who were skilled workers? | Workers that were not easily replaceable, paid more money, who had a skill. |
| Define capitalism. | An economic system of eh United States where individuals put money into a business hoping that it will be successful. |
| Define free enterprise system. | An economic system of the United States where people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want. |
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