Mod 6 Flashcards
(34 cards)
What is a positive impact of the cotton gin?
The cotton gin made harvesting cotton profitable.
What is a positive impact of the Automobile?
he automobile allows Americans to live farther away from their workplaces.
What is a positive impact of the Credit cards?
Positive Impact: Credit cards give Americans greater convenience and security in spending.
What is a positive impact of the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb ended World War II and avoided a long ground war that would have cost many American lives.
What is a positive impact of the Electronic records?
Positive Impact: Electronic records save paper and make searching easier.
What is the Negative impact of the cotton gin?
The cotton gin made slavery profitable and increased the demand for slaves.
What is the Negative impact of the Automobile?
The automobile causes pollution and American dependence on oil.
What is the Negative impact of the Credit card?
43 percent of Americans spend more than they earn. Americans have more than $700 billion in credit card debt.
What is the Negative impact of the Atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb killed almost 200,000 Japanese people and led to the Cold War.
What is the Negative impact of Electronic records?
Electronic records have increased identity theft complaints.
Who was Samuel Slater?
A factory worker who memorized the design of the machine for spinning cotton threads who smuggled it to the United States from Britain.
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
New England
What are some reasons the Industrial Revolution began in this part of America?
- Close to resources like coal and iron in Pennsylvania to help power factories
- Close to ports to receive raw materials and distribute goods throughout the states
- Many wealthy merchants lived here and funded the projects
- They had workers since the soil was not as good for farming
- Many rivers and streams to power factories
Who invented the Cotton Gin and interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
How did Interchangeable parts help produce more?
Helped promote the assembly line production where labor could be divided into specialized tasks where each worker only had to work on one piece of the product.
Who helped launch the factory system in America?
Francis Cabot Lowell
The new factory system put all stages of making cloth under one ________. This saved on production time, cost, and increased efficiency.
Roof or building
Who invented the Telegraph in 1836?
Samuel F.B.Morse
In 1866, ________ invented a cable that could be placed in the Atlantic Ocean and connect telegraphs in the U.S. to ones in Europe.
Cyrus Field
Issac Singer invented the ______ in 1850/
Sewing machine
What positive impact did the McCoy lubricator have on the industry?
Machines did not need to be shut down to be oiled. Machines can run continuously, producing more products.
Who invented the Industrial lubricator?
Elijah McCoy
Why did America expand the roads and waterways in the early 1800s?
people wanted to communicate with others who were far away, and they wanted to share goods and produce, to grow the US economy throughout the country not just in the large towns on the east coast.
The first locomotive to run on railroad appeared in ______. The train moved both goods and passengers a total of 13 miles from Baltimore to Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland.
1830