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Most mills were located in this region of the United States

Northeast

The first breakthroughs of the industrial revolution took place in this industry

Textile

The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods is known as this

Mass production

This period Of rapid growth introduced machines in manufacturing and production

Industrial revolution

These parts are made from pieces that are exactly the same

Interchangeable

The industrial revolution began first in this country

Great Britain

This event helped American manufacturing become less dependent on foreign goods

War of 1812

This American inventor promised to produce 10000 muskets in two years

Eli Whitney

The skilled British merchant bought his knowledge of cloth producing machines to the United States

Samuel Slater

Because new machines were too large to fit in a person's home and needed a power source these were built along streams

Mills

Workers created missions to do what

Improve trade unions

What system was a strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks

The Rhode island system

Most Mill owners in the United States had what

Little problems finding workers

The Lowell system was to hire what

Unmarried women from local farms

Who founded the Lowell female labor reform association and played a large role in American labor movement

Sarah Bagley

This was a period Of rapid growth in the speed convenience of travel

Transportation revolution

Invented the steamboat

Robert Fulton

Because of its location, this city became an important hub for transportation in the United States

Chicago

The supreme Court case regarding interstate commerce reinforce the federal government's power over the states

Gibson versus Ogden

Companies in this industry soon became some of the most powerful businesses in the United States

Railroad

This replaced wood as main source of power for locomotives

Coal

This invention made River travel faster

Steamboat

In 1830, he built a small locomotive called the Tom thumb

Peter Cooper

This is used to make the rails that trains ride on

Steel

This cutting down and removal of trees is the definition of this term

Deforestation

Who invented the mechanical reaper

Cyrus mcCormick

How were prices of goods affected by mass production

They lowered

Dots and dashes are used to stand for each letter of the alphabet and what system

Morse code

What device did Isaac Singer help to improve

Sewing machine

What device could send information over wires across great distances

Telegraph

After the American revolution prices for major Southerners crops did what

Fell

Growing what was very difficult

Cotton

Who invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

Who was the region that grew most of the country's cotton crop

The South

Farmers who owned more than 20 slaves were known as what

Planters

The growing demand for slaves led to an increase in the domestic what

Slave trade

The goal of this was to increase crop production

Agricultural science

He sows other successful food crops included rice sweet potatoes wheat and what

Sugar cane

Productionn of what was very time-consuming because the leaves had to be cured and dried

Tobacco

Joseph R Anderson became the owner of what

Iredegar iron works

What society was centered around agriculture

Southern society

In the early 1800s, how many white southern families owned slaves

1/3

Yeomen we're owners of what

Small plantations and very few slaves

Who use religion to justify the institution of slavery

Wealthy white Southerners

By 1860 how many free African Americans lived in the south

More than half

What system in the south produced harsh living conditions

Slave system

The majority of slaves worked where

In the fields

Supervisors, who sometimes slaves themselves made sure slaves follow directions were known as what

Drivers

Slaves working inside where had better food and clothing than those in the field

These planters home

Where did slaves sometimes work as skilled laborers such as black Smiths and Carpenters

On larger plantations

Slaveholders viewed slaves as what

Property

What determines whether families would be kept together or separated

Slave auctions

The most important aspect of slave communication was what

Family

Bypassing down family histories, and African customs, enslave parents in sure that their children will never forget what

Their heritage

Led by a slave from Virginia, the most violent slave revolt in the United States occurred in 1831 and is known as what

Nat Turner's rebellion