Industrial Revolution Quizs

Cloth items made in factories

• Fabrics

• Textiles

• Garments

• Materials

Samuel Slaters Rhode Island System often hired...

• entire families

• individual workers

• single parents

• unskilled laborers

Groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions

• Trade unions

• Labor parties

• Business associations

• Professional guilds

Main source of power for factories

• Solar energy from panels

• Streams and rivers (moving water) powering water wheels

• Wind energy from turbines

• Geothermal energy from the earth's heat

The Lowell system often hired...

• young, unmarried women

• older, married women

• children from local farms

• immigrant laborers

British entrepreneur who in 1769 invented the water frame to produce cotton, lowering the cost of textile production

• Richard Arkwright

• James Hargreaves

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

when workers refuse to work until employers meet their demands

• Strikes

• Protests

• Negotiations

• Resignations

The mill system that often employed young, unmarried women who were given room and meals along with their jobs.

• Lowell System

• Slater System

• Rhode Island System

• Factory System

Jobs were great in number and factories/mills had a difficult time keeping workers.

• Jobs during the Industrial Revolution

• Jobs in the Agricultural Era

• Jobs in the Information Age

• Jobs in the Post-Industrial Society

Conflict that led to a significant increase in American-based manufacturing and economic growth

• War of 1812

• American Revolutionary War

• Mexican-American War

• Civil War