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30 Cards in this Set
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What 3 things did the invention of the sewing machine do?
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1. revolutionized the making of clothing. 2 Increased demand for cotton & woolen cloth 3. Shifted manufacrure of clothes from home to factory
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What did congress do to prevent destruction of the nation's infant idustries.
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In 1816 Congress passed America's first protective tariff.
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What did Congress do in 1816?
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Chartered the second Bank of the United States.
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In 1798 Whiteny conceived the idea of what do manufacture muskets?
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IDea of interchangeable parts
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How did interchangeable parts help the musket industry?
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They could be produced quickly and cheaply, defective or broken parts could be replaced easily.
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What effect did interchangeable parts have on the industry as a whole?
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Other people like John Hall set up interchangeble part opeations. It changeed the American Industry and later spread thoughout the world.
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Because of factory and inventions rapid growth of cities was widespread. What problems did this cause? 7
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Housing, control of diseases, food and water supply, garbage disposal, police and fire protection, transportaiton, recreation and education.
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Name 3 things about Early Factories and working conditions?
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1. workweek 12 to 14 hours a day 6 days a week. 2. child labor common. 3 Unsatisfactory conditions gaive rise to labor unions
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What was the fuel used during the colonial period?
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Charcoal
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What was charcoal replaced by.
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Bituminous (soft)coal
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With the discovery of deposits of iron ore and coal in western Pennsylvania, what happened?
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Pittsburgh became the country's iron and steel center.
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Why was the demand for iron and steel great?
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These metals were needed for machinery,stoves, farm implements and rails.
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Metal plows replaced what?
Cradle and Reaper replaced what? thresher was substituted for what? |
Wooden Plows
Sickle Flail |
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Developed the reaper?
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Cyrus McCOrmick
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What did the reaper do?
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made possible the harveting of grain quickly, cheaply, and efficietnly
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Built the first steel plow.
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john deere. This helped speed the settlement of the prarie.
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What are turnpikes?
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Hard surface roads, built of macadam, stones, earth or planks. Tolls for charged for their use - built for profit.
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What are two facts about the turnpike?
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1st improvement made in land transportation after Revolutionary war 2. Construction begain in 1794 with completion of Philadelphis-Lancaster Turnpike in PA
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To transport freight by land,what was developed?
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Conestoga Wagon or covered wagon.
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Describe the covered wagon.
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Convas-covered wehicle large and sturdy, had a hight body and broad rimmed wheels.
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What else was the covered wagon used for?
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It was used by settlers to carry their families and possessions to new homes in the West.
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What were stagecoaches used for?
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Chief means of carrying passengers and mail overland.
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Who does the 1st commercially successful steamboat credit go to?
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Robert fulton
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What boat steamed up the Hudson River from New York to Albany
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1807 his Clermont.
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What was the 1st steamboat to sailwester waters?
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New Orleans built at Pittsburgh in 1811.
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how many boats were in service by 1820 on the Mississippi River?
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60
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What did the steamboat do to travel time and transporatation cost?
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Travel time cut by 2/3 and Cost reduced by 1/2.
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What did packets do>
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These sailboats were built to carry passengers, mail, cargo in 1818 and put into transatlantic service.
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What was the clipper ship?
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buil in 1940 - sailboat capable of outdistancing anything afloat.
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What are 2 famous clipper ships and whod designed them.
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Flying Cloud
Great Repulic designed by Donal McKay |
