STAAR Review Day 6: Industrial Revolution

A time when machines were used to make products that were previously made by people

• Effects of War of 1812

• Women

• Industrial Revolution

• Irish

US Manufacturing Increased

• Effects of War of 1812

• Women

• Industrial Revolution

• Irish

Took jobs outside the home in textile mills

• Effects of War of 1812

• Women

• Industrial Revolution

• Irish

Came to the US due to potato famine, worked in factories, faced discrimination

• Effects of War of 1812

• Women

• Industrial Revolution

• Irish

The introduction of interchangeable parts lead directly to the

• Formation of the patent system

• Creation of labor unions

• Mass production of goods

• Elimination of immigrant labor

Expanded access to new markets to sell goods

• Cotton Gin

• Steamboat

• Steel Plow

Made it easier to grow crops and produce food

• Cotton Gin

• Steamboat

• Steel Plow

Demand for slave labor increased

• Cotton Gin

• Steamboat

• Steel Plow

What was one effect of the Cotton Gin on the United States?

• Improved soil fertility

• Expansion of mercantilism

• Increased efficiency of crop irrigation

• Expansion of the plantation system

"American's Must Rule America!"

What motivated some people to support this nativism slogan?

• An affirmation of states’ rights by Jefferson Davis and the belief that tariffs are un-American

• Large-scale immigration to cities and the belief that immigrants stole jobs from native-born citizens

• The desire for an independent country free from foreign rule and unfair mercantile economic policies

• A rejection of anti-American influence following the Battle of San Jacinto and the addition of new territories