Industrial Revolution Flashcards
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Industrial Revolution
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time of rapid technological growth, improved agriculture and industrial production
2
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Urbanization
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the movement of people to cities
3
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Interchangeable Parts
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Inventor: Eli Whitney
made production faster and helped lead to the assembly line
4
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Erie Canal
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made shipping of goods faster
5
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Steamboat
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Robert Fulton (1807)
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The Reaper
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Cyrus McCormick (1837)
7
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The Steel Plow
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“John Deere” (1837)
8
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Cotton Gin
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Eli Whitney
led to the expansion of slavery
9
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Telegraph
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Samuel Morse
10
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Push Factor
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negative-pushes someone out of a country
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Pull Factor
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positive-pulls someone into a country
12
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Education Reform
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Horace Mann
13
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Mental Health Reform
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Dorthea Dix
14
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Women’s Rights (Suffrage) leaders
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
15
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Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
