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Industrial Revolution
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What made jobs more simple and required less skill?
Mechanization
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Name two ways life improved for the middle class
Bigger homes, better neighborhoods, better suits, hired servants, gained political power
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What invention helped to improve communication over long distances?
telegraph
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What impact did the steamboat have?
It made it easier to travel upstream and improved the shipping of goods (more efficient)
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TRUE or FALSE: Men had lots of jobs
False
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What idea did Eli Whitney develop which allowed for the mass production of identical machine made parts?
interchangeable parts
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What inventions helped to improve the area of agriculture? (3)
steel plow, cotton gin, and mechanical reaper, seed drill, Horse drawn hoe
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What invention helped to make the cleaning of cotton faster and easier? Who invented it?
cotton gin, Eli Whitney
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What were some of the effects of increased urbanization in the cities as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Industrial Revolution
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TRUE or FALSE: The domestic system was supervised in workers own home
False
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Who were the typical workers in the factories?
women and children
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TRUE or FALSE: During the 1500s & 1600s, Europeans began using fencing public lands
True
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What is Vulcanization?
The basis of the modern rubber industry
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What step comes after Prosperity?
Depression
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What did Jethro Tull invent?
Seed drill & Horse drawn hoe
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What invention made steam power available for mechanical purposes?
steam engine
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What source powered the textile mills first?
water
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Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
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TRUE or FALSE: J.P. Morgan created the assembly Line.
False
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What factors led to the rise of the middle class
being well educated
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How did this invention impact life in the United States?
It made the cleaning of cotton more efficient but also increased slavery
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sing a song you remember from section 2
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