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25 Cards in this Set
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HOW DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE WORKED? FACTORY SYSTEM?
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FACTORY MACHINES REPLACED HAND TOOLS AND LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING REPLACED FARM WORK AS THE MAIN FORM OF WORK. IT WAS THEN POSSIBLE FOR UNSKILLED LAOR TO PRODUCE GOODS MORE QUICKLY AND EASIER WITH THE USE OF MACHINERY. THEY COULD PRODUCE MORE GOODS MORE QUICKLY. THE FACTORY SYSTEM BROUGHT MANY WORKERS AND MACHINES TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF.
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WHY WAS NEW ENGLAND A GOOD PLACE TO SET UP FACTORIES?
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NEW ENGLAND HAD MANY RIVERS TO SUPPLY THE WATER POWER NEEDED BY FACTORIES. NEW ENGLAND WAS A HARD PLACE TO FARM. THE LOCAL FARMERS COULD LEAVE THEIR FARMS TO WORK FOR SET HOURS AND WAGES.
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HOW DID THE LOWELL MILLS CHANGE THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN THE U.S.?
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IT NOT ONLY SPUN THE COTTON INTO THREAD, IT ALSO MADE IT INTO CLOTH. THEY HIRED GIRLS WHO LIVED IN COMPANY OWNED DORMS. AT FIRST THEY WERE WELL PAID, BUT LATER WHEN PROFITS DROPPED THEY WERE AID LESS.
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HOW DID INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS CHANGE INDUSTRY AND MANAGEMENT?
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PARTS THAT ARE JUST A LIKE SPEEDED UP THE PRODUCTION, MADE REPAIRS EASIER AND ALLOWED THE USE OF LOWER PAID NON-SKILLED WORKERS.
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WHY WAS THE STEAMBOAT AN IMPROVEMENT OVER EARLIER FORMS OF RIVER TRANSPORTATION?
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LEAD TO FURTHER AND FASTER TRANSPORTATION AND THE GROWTH OF RIVER CITIES LIKE NEW ORLEANS AND ST LOUIS.
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HOW DID THE TELEGRAPH REVOLUTIONIZE LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATIONS?
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COULD COMMUNICATE LONG DISTANCES IN SECONDS. BROUGHT THE NATION CLOSER TOGETHER.
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WHY WAS JOHN DEERE'S NEW PLOW AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT?
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WAS DESIGNED TO MORE HEAVIER SOIL OF THE MID-WEST. MADE TILLING EASIER AND MORE PEOPLE MOVED TO THE MID-WEST.
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WHAT OTHER INVENTIONS IMPROVED AGRICULTURE?
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MECHANICAL REAPER AND THRASHING MACHINES
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HOW DID NEW TECHNOLOGIES LINK REGIONS TOGETHER MORE CLOSELY?
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CREATED A CIRCLE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. THE MID-WES COULD FEE THOSE WORKING IN THE MILLS OF NEW ENGLAND. THE SOUTH COULD GROW MORE COTTON TO SUPPLY THE MILLS.
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SAMUEL SLATER
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BUILT THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL WATER-POWERED TEXTILE MILL IN AMERICA.
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FRANCES ABOTT LOWELL
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CREATED THE LOWELL MILLS AND THE LOWELL GIRLS
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ROBERT FULTON
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INVENTED A STEAMBOAT THAT COULD MOVE AGAINST THE RIVER CURRENT
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ELI WHITNEY
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INVENTED A MACHINE FOR CLAENING COTTON - A COTTON GIN
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SAMUEL F.B. MORSE
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CREATED THE TELEGRAPH
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HENERY MILLER SHREVE
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DESIGNED A MORE POWEREFUL ENGINE FOR THE STEAMBOAT, ADDED A DOUBLE DECKER BOAT WITH A PADDLE WHEEL AT THE BACK. SAILED UP AND DOWN THE MISS.
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CYRUS MC CORMICK
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PATENTED THE REAPER
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HOW DID TH INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN CHANGE SOUTHERN LIFE?
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INCREASED THE AREA IN WHICH COTTON WAS GROWN - SOUTH AND WESTWARD EXPANSION.
GREW INCREASING AMOUNTS OF COTTON BECAUSE IT WAS SO VALUABLE NATIV AMERICANS WERE DISPLACED TO GROW MORE COTTON INCREASED USE OF SLAVES |
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HOW DID THE RISE IN COTTON PRODUCTION AFFECT SLAVERY?
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NEEDED MORE INEXPENSIVE SOURCES OF LABOR TO GORW MORE COTTON. LEAD TO USE OF MORE SLAVES AND INCREASED TRADE OF SLAVES.
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HOW WIDE SPREAD WAS SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH?
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MOVED FROM EAST TO SOUTH TO WEST.
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WHAT KINDS OF WORK DID ENSLAVED AFRICANS DO?
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PLANTATIONS, DOMESTIC WORK, SKILLED CRAFTSMEN, FACTORY HANDS AND DYD LABORERS
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WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR FREE AFRICANS IN THE SOUTH?
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MANY STATES ASKED THEM TO LEAVE ONE THEY HAD THEIR FREEDOM. WEREN'T ALLOWED TO VOTE, MANY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BE EDUCATED, FACED POSSIBLE CAPTURE AND SOLD AS SLAVES, MANY WOULDN'T HIRE THEM.
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WHAT ROLE DID RELIGION PLAY IN THE SYSTEM OF SLAVERY?
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SLAVES ELIED ON RELIGION TO MAKE SLAVERY BEARABLE. MANY SLAVE OWNERS USED RELIGION AGAINST THEM. THYE EXPRESSED THEMSELVES IN SPIRITUALS - RELIGIOUS SONG THET MIGT HOLD A SECRET MEANING.
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WHAT WAS FAMILY LIFE LIKE FOR ENSLAVED PEOPLE?
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FAMILY MEMBERS COULD BE SOLD AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. THEY MIGHT MARRY BUT IT WASN'T LEAGAL.
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WHAT FORMS DID RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY TAKE?
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REBELLION, VISITNG FAMILY WITHOUT PERMISSION,
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NAT TURNER AND EFFECTS OF tURNER'S REBELLION.
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LED SLAVE REBELION IN VA IN 1831. LED TO FEAR AND TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS ON SLAVES. LED TO MORE STRIFE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH OVER SLAVERY.
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