Industrial Revolution Flashcard

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Which sentence describes the Rhode Island system? Options: The idea of hiring who families to work at a factory, The idea of hiring young unmarried women to work at a factory, A group of workers who join together in order to prevent being mistreated by their company, Workers would not work until their companies met their demands

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The idea of hiring who families to work at a factory

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Which is NOT a reason why trains became important to the US in the 1800s? Allowed for people to get to places quicker, Information took less time to be spread, Transporting goods over long distances became easier, It was a safer to travel than on horse

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It was a safer to travel than on horse

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Which of the following was NOT a benefit of steamboats? Faster travel, Allowed goods to be brought upstream, Allowed international travel to occur

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Caused less pollution

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What is a labor union?

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A group of workers who join together in order to prevent being mistreated by their company.

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What did the cotton gin do?

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Cleaned cotton and took out the seeds

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What is a labor strike?

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Workers would not work until their companies met their demands

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Which of these sentences describe the Lowell system? The idea of hiring who families to work at a factory, The idea of hiring young unmarried women to work at a factory, A group of workers who join together in order to prevent being mistreated by their company, The idea that small states get the same amount of senators as larger states

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The idea of hiring young unmarried women to work at a factory

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The FIRST big breakthrough in manufacturing came in factories producing what?

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Textiles

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What definition describes interchangeable parts?

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Where different parts could be connected to each other to form a good in case a piece broke or needed to be changed

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Who was the person responsible for creating the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

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Eli Whitney