Set: Chapters 10 and 11
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Industrial Revolution | Historic development where people moved to cities and worked in factories and mills. |
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Eli Whitney | Person who invented cotton gin |
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Interchangeable parts were important to the development of manufacturing. Interchangeable parts were parts that could be put into multiple machines because they were identical. This made machine repair easier. This opened the way for mass production and reduced the price of goods dramatically. | How did interchangeable parts affect manufacturing? (essay possibility) |
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Agriculture greatly expanded during the Industrial Revolution. Many people still lived on farms, so not everyone went to work in mills and factories. The textile industries were developed in New England and increased the demand for cotton. Also the cotton gin made it easier to clean the cotton and there made the entire process quicker. Between 1790 and 1820, cotton production soared from 3,000 to 300,000 bales a year! | How did the demand of cotton rise during the Industrial Revolution? (essay possibility) |
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Cities rapidly grew during the Industrial Revolution, due to factories and mills that were located near rivers, which is where the cities were. Cities had many advantages. One advantage was that there were many services such as libraries and museums. Also, there were a variety of jobs and better wages. However, many disadvantages arrived as well. Disease spread quickly because there were no sewers! For example, an epidemic in Philly killed thousands of peeps! Fire also was an issue. Most buildings were wooden, causing a stove or somethin like that to make a big'ol flame! | Describe the advantages and disadvantages of cities during the Industrial Revolution. (essay possibility) |
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Advantages:-Comfortable, could load goods on barges. Disadvantages:Flowed only in north south direction, traveling upstream was slow and hard | Describe advantages and disadvantages of river travel (essay possibility) |
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-Settled along "great rivers", settled w/ those from home communities, social events such as quilting and wrestling | Describe pioneer life. (essay possibility) |
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-Protective tariff, internal improvements, national bank | What are the details of the American System? (essay possibility) |
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| Terms | 8 |
| Creator | Pitt-Fan |
| Created | May 13, 2008 |
| Groups | Go Pittsburgh Pirates!, GBMS Adv. |
| Tag | history |
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This will help you study for the Chapter 10 and 11 Tests in Freeman Advanced. On the "essay" questions, just compare your answers to mine and see if they are right. If you see I left something out on a question, you can edit the set with the password
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Pitt-Fan : This is a new set w/ essay questions. Just compare your answers w/ my answers. If you think I left something out, feel free to change it.
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