Question | Answer |
What century did the industrial revolution occur in? | The 1800s |
Who is Robert Fulton? | He invented the steamship |
Who is Samuel Slater? | He invented the first factories |
Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
Define suffrage: | The right to vote |
Define cottage industry: | a business done within the home |
Define URBAN: | cities |
What is a MILL? | a factory |
Where does the word "gin" come from? | engine |
Who invented the assembly line (mass production)? | Eli Whitney |
What was the first product used for interchangeable parts? | guns |
What is a suffragette? | a person who fought for women's right to vote |
What 2 women were suffragettes? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott |
Define Revolution: | A time of great change in society |
Where was the first textile mill opened in North America? | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
What area of the country had America's factories? | The northeast |
What decreased during the industrial revolution? | skilled craftsmen |
Why was the assembly line important? | goods are produced cheaply and quickly |
What are textiles made out of? | cotton |
What is cotton's nickname? | King Cotton |
list the three great industrialists: | whitney, slater & fulton |
Who invented mass production? | eli whitney |
What raw material did the first mill in America deal with? | cotton |
What declined when mills were opened? | agriculture |
where did craftsmen generally work? | in the home |
What AREA of the United States gave women suffrage first? | The West |
What state gave women suffrage first? | Wyoming |
Why would the West give women suffrage before the East? | because there wasn't enough people out west to vote |
Who is the "HE" in the original Declaration of Independence? | King George |
Who is the "HE" in the women's Declaration of Independence? | All men |
What two words did the women add to the preamble of their Declaration? | and women |
What state was the women's Declaration of Independence written in? | New York |
What is the name of the women's Declaration of Independence? | Declaration of Sentiments |
If you want to vote, you want: | suffrage |
Before cotton replaced it, what was the southern crop requiring the most slave labor? | tobacco |
Where does the name "GIN" come from? | engine |
What does the Hudson River flow into? | the Atlantic Ocean |
What is the first canal built in America called? | Erie Canal |
What state is the first canal built in America in? | New York |
"Feeling like a tool" can best be used to describe: | factory workers |
Connect the first canal: | Mississippi to the Great Lakes (Ohio River Valley), to the Hudson River to the Atlantic Ocean |
What type of economy does the South have? | Agrarian |
If you are going to make TEXTILES what RAW MATERIAL do you need? | cotton |
What power source was used to operate factories? | steam |
when did southern cotton become profitable? | with the invention of the cotton gin |
what was the cheapest way to transport goods during the industrial revolution? | shipping |
What did men do in the factories during the industrial revolution? | supervised the women and children |
where did many of the women and children who worked in the mills come from? | Ireland & Italy |
Where were most of the essential items made during colonial times? | in the home |
what was a natural industry for American seaport towns? | shipping |
In colonial America what was the # 1 economic activity? | agriculture |
How did the industrial revolution effect the American economy? | it created new wealth and new classes |
Define AGRARIAN: | agriculture |
what crop made the south wealthy: | cotton |
How did early American industrialists solve the problem of finding workers? | they hired women & children |
What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery? | slavery increased & slaves had to work harder |
what are the items needed for an industrial revolution? | raw material, factory, cheap labor, transportation |