2. Chapter 11 “The North” Part 2 Ms. Monteiro

3. 100 200 400 300 400 Industrial Revolution Changes in Working Life Transportation Revolution Grab Bag 300 200 400 200 100 500 100 200 300 400 Other Technological Advances 100 500

4. Row 1, Col 1 Country where the Industrial Revolution began Britain (England)

5. 2,1 Definition of textile manufacturing The making of cloth

6. 3,1 Person who illegally left England and brought the textile making secrets to the U.S. Samuel Slater

7. 4,1 Eli Whitney’s idea that made machines easier to assemble and broken parts easier to replace Interchangeable parts

8. 5,1 Why were there fewer mills in the South compared to the North Agriculture (farming) was seen in the South as an easier way to make a living

9. 1,2 Due to the efforts of people like Sarah G. Bagley, what became the length of the typical work day in some states? 10 hours per day

10. 2,2 How much were children paid compared to men and women in the mills? They were paid less (no minimum wage laws)

11. 3,2 What was the Rhode Island System? Slater hired families and divided factory work into simple tasks

12. 4,2 Besides paying their workers, what two other things did Lowell and Slater provide for their workers? Houses and stores

13. 5,2 For how many years did a typical Lowell girl work at a mill? 4 years

14. 1,3 What was the Tom Thumb? Small, powerful locomotive

15. 2,3 Because it linked many parts of the country, this transportation invention was especially helpful for advancing the economy. Railroad

16. 3,3 What replaced wood as a source of power during the Transportation Revolution? coal

17. 4,3 In the late 1870s, what increased the demand for coal? Needed to fire the furnaces that made steel

18. 5,3 Because lumber could be transported more easily once railroads were more widely used, what took place on a large scale? Deforestation – the cutting down and removal of trees

19. 1,4 What did the mechanical reaper do? Quickly cut down wheat

20. 2,4 Inventor of the mechanical reaper Cyrus McCormick

21. 3,4 Using Elias Howe’s invention, who made improvements on it and became the world’s largest maker of sewing machines by1860? Isaac Singer

22. 4,4 In order to be able to buy the new inventions, what two things did people like McCormick and Singer offer to customers? Buying on credit and repair services

23. 5,4 What is mass production? Producing large identical amounts of an item

24. 4,4 What happens at a textile mill? Cloth is made

25. 4,4 Practice of hiring entire families to work at a factory Rhode Island System

26. 4,4 During what war did a blockade by British ships force Americans to buy manufactored goods from American manufacturers instead of European suppliers War of 1812

27. 4,4 Definition of “mass production” Efficient production of large numbers of identical products

28. 4,4 Person (he provided the money) who teamed with Samuel Slater to build the first textile mill in the U.S. Moses Brown