History- Industry And Transportation Flashcards
Who created the steam engine? What boat was it attached to in order to create a steam boat?
Robert Fulton, Clermont
What was wrong with turnpikes?
Not super efficient, slow and uncomfortable and limited amount of goods.
What was the steamboats only limit?
Location of waterways
What were some effects of the Erie Canal?
Shipping cost went down, economic boom, connect to interior of continent
What did the Erie Canal connect?
Hudson River and Great Lakes across New York
What company created the first railroad? And what was their first locomotive?
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road company, Tom Thumb
What was the financial crisis with private investment?
Panic of 1837
What was an important railroad?
Transcontinental Railroad
What were some effects of the Transportation Revolution?
Reduced shipping costs, new towns and cities
Who built the water powered textile mill? Who was employed there? How were the cond?
Samuel Slater, families employed, poor cond
Who created a later textile mill after touring Britain? Who did he employ? It was the first _________ textile mill.
Francis Cabot Lowell, all women, integrated
What’s an interchangeable part?
Each part manufactured separately
Who created interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Who created the telegraph? What else did he create?
Samuel F.B. Morse, Morse Code
What was the workingmen’s party?
Formed by troubled workers responding to low conditions.
