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23 Cards in this Set
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England |
First Nation to Industrialize |
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Preindustrial manufacturing |
Workshops, apprentices, journeymen |
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Samual Slater |
"Father of the American Industrial Revolution" Brought Textile Industry technology to the Americas |
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Eli Whitney |
Invented the Cotton Gin |
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Francis Cabot Lowell |
Instrumental to bringing industry to the USA. Made the Boston Wharf and Warehouses to trade with China |
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Patrick Tracy Jackson |
US manufacturer. Founder of Boston Manufacturing Company and Marrimack Manufacturing Company |
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Waltham Plan |
Increase production efficiency by centralizinh all production at one location. |
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Why did factory owners target young New England farm girls as employees? |
Women were eager to work as a sense of freedom. Were paid half the amount of men. |
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Sarah Rice's letters |
Worked at a textile mill to save money. Left because she was not happy and it was affecting her health. |
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Boarding house rules |
Cerfew, church, no men, no alcohol, |
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Amenities |
Short paid vacations and half days. |
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Why did the factory workers protest? |
Proposed wage reductions |
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How did they protest |
Public turn-outs. AKA strikes. |
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Why did strikes usually fail? |
Government involvement |
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4 key innovations of the transportation revolution |
National Road, Erie Canal, Railroads, Steamboats |
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National road |
1st federally funded project. Route 40 Cumberland Maryland to the Ohio River |
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Erie Canal |
In New York from Albany to Buffalo. Greatly lowered the cost of shipping |
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Alfred Kelley |
Father of the Ohio Canal system Also integral to Cin-Cle railroad |
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What killed railroads |
Highways |
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Impacts of the Transportation Revolution |
Brought the American markets together Started a commercial economy Less self efficient farmers, farmers narrowed down the crops they grew |
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3 social classes |
Wealthy, middle, working poor |
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Old wealth |
Inherited wealth people. Money was in their family for generations |
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New Wealth |
Self made millionaires |
