Module 13 Industrial Revolution

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The system that hired single, unmarried women in the factories was the...

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Lowell System

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The System that hired families to work in the factories...

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Rhode Island System

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What was the industrial revolution?

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a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production

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What are textiles?

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Cloth Items

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How did the telegraph affect communication in the United States?

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Increased the speed of communication across distances

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What effect did the Transportation Revolution have on the United States?

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Increase in business opportunity, easier, faster.

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What were the benefits of steamboat travel?

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Steamboats increased trade and profits because goods could be moved quickly and cheaper.

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Which of these correctly describes one way reformers were successful in improving labor conditions? Some states passed laws that made a ten-hour workday, Some states passed laws that guaranteed a minimum wage, Some states passed laws that ended child labor in factories, Some states passed laws that prevented hiring women in factories

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Some states passed laws that made a ten-hour workday