unit 11 study guide
who brought/memorized the designs for the water frame to america from england?
richard arkwright
what is making a large number of articles called?
mass production
who invented the spinning jenny?
james hargraves
what is the period of time when hand production shifted to machine and factory production called?
industrial revolution
what machine used water power to produce thread?
water frame
what is the name of the system in which manufactured goods were finished at home?
the putting out system
in which system did children make up a large part of the labor force?
rhode island system
unmarried single women made up the labor force in what system?
lowell system
who invented the cottin gin?
Eli whitney
what was the purpose of cotton gin?
to remove seeds more efficently
what is another name for toll roads?
turn pikes
what was built to connect the eastern regions to the western regions of the U.S
the national road
who build the steamboat called the Clermont
robert fulton
what waterway was sometimes called "clinton's ditch
erie canal
the name tom thumb was given to what kind of invention
the first stream locomotive
fultons folly was another name for what invention
robert fultons steamboat
john deere invented what farm tool
steel plow
what invention did issac signer improve
sewing machine
what did tom thumb race
a horse