Relacionar Columnas U4-L1, L2Versión en línea The Industrial Revolution in America. Changes in Working Life/Transportation Revolution. por Dawn Wooner 1 Interchangeable parts. 2 Mass production. 3 Samuel Slater 4 Eli Whitney 5 Industrial Revolution 6 Lowell system 7 Transportation Revolution. 8 Reasons mills were located in New England. 9 Ways railroads affect daily life or economy of U.S. 10 Robert Fulton 11 Ways life might change as a result of the Industrial Revolution. 12 Textiles Identical parts that can replace each other in a machine. Based on water-powered textile mills that employed young, single women. System included a loom that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill. Inventor. Proposed ways to mass-produce guns for U.S. government using water-powered machinery. Invented the cotton gin. Tested first steamboat design in France (1803). Also tested first full-sized commercial steamboat. Moving from working on farms or in homes to working in factories. Loss of work for skilled laborers. Poor working conditions, Plentiful river/water for reliable source of power. Economy grew. Easier and faster to get goods to distant markets. Enabled goods, people, and info to spread rapidly (increased population and prosperity). Period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation. Steamboat and steam powered trains. Boom in business- lower shipping time and cost. Started in Great Britain in mid-1700s. Period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production. British mechanic. Immigrated to U.S. with memorized designs of textile machines. Improved mill and and production of cotton thread. Efficient, large-scale production of identical goods. Cloth items (fabric, textile)
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