SS CHAPTER 12 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Richard Arkwright
he invented a large spinning machine called a water frame. It could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time.
Samuel Slater
a skilled British mechanic immigrated to the United States after memorizing the designs of textile mills machines.
Eli Whitney
came up with the idea of interchangeable parts which also sped up mass production- the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.
Rhode Island System
Samuel Slater’s strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks.
Francis Cabot Lowell
a businessman who developed a different approach. He constructed boardinghouses for the women, meaning gave them rooms and meals. He created the Lowell System- water powered textile mills that employed young unmarried women from local farms. It included a loom that could both spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill.
Trade Unions
groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions
Sarah G Bagley
She improved working conditions to obtain a 10 hour work day instead of 12-14 hours
Robert Fulton
tested his first steamboat
Clermont
steamboat invented by Robert which could travel upriver.
Peter Cooper
built a small but powerful locomotive.
Tom Thumb
Powerful locomotive, went up against a horse drawn railcar was going good but towards the end broke down.
Samuel Morse
perfected the telegraph, his partner created Morse code- different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet
Telegraph
a device that could send information over wires across great distances
Cyrus McCormick
developed a new harvesting machine called the mechanical reaper
Harvesting Reaper
quickly and efficiently cut down wheat.
Isaac Singer
made improvements to Howe’s design. His company was the worlds largest maker of sewing machines.
John Deere
Blacksmith who designed the steel plow
Water Frame
It could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time. It lowered the cost of cotton cloth and increased the speed of textile production.
War of 1812
British ships blocked eastern seaports, preventing foreign ships from delivering goods. Americans began to buy items they needed from American manufacturers instead of foreign suppliers.
Working Conditions of the mills
loud machinery caused workers to go deaf, cotton fibers and hot suffocating air gave workers a bad cough, had to wear hair up so their heads dont get caught.
