Lecture Notes CH 12 Sections 1&2

Mr. Boothby Name______US History A Lecture Notes CH 12 Sections 1&2 Please be sure that you use complete sentences when answering all lecture questions. Read pages 356-368 before you begin. Make sure to keep these sheets in order. Think how difficult it was to type these out…the least you could do is complete them!!! CH XII The North and the South Sec1 Revolutions in Industry 1. In ______the ______society of ______held a contest to find “The best invention of a ______that will spin six threads of ______… 2. What was the “Industrial Revolution”? Where did it take place first (Europe or the USA)?

3. What are “textiles” and why do women still to this day like them more than men?

4. What did Samuel Slater do in September 1789 that made him a trader in England, but a hero in the USA?

5. What did Slater’s mills use that eventually made all others “obsolete”?

6. What idea did Eli Whitney (also inventor of the Cotton Gin) come up with that would change manufacturing and the world forever?

7. How many of the US’s cotton mills did Slater own by 1808? What percentage was that of all US Mills? Is it any wonder the British wanted him assassinated?

8. How did the “Embargo of 1807” and the “War of 1812” help production in the USA?

9. How were factories run where there weren’t waterways for hydroelectric power?

10. What was the “Rhode Island System” of manufacturing? Compare that system to the “Lowell System” of manufacturing? What were some of the pros and cons?

11. What terrible working conditions took place in these mills that the textbook prefers to leave out? (USE THE BACK OF THIS PAGE TO RECORD THE TRUTH OF THIS SYSTEM OF TERROR) 3 paragraphs

12. How did the poor working conditions and low wages lead to “unions”?

Sec II New Technologies and Transportation: 13. In the early ______’s American ______Robert Fulton went on a ______-raising trip to ______and ______, seeking ______to build his inventions. The trip was… 14. What did Robert Fulton build that revolutionized the World in 1807?

15. How fast could steam powered ship travel compared to other vessels of the period?

16 How much faster would a steam-powered ship travel across the Atlantic in 1492(compared to a vessel of the 1400’s)?

17. How does a steam engine function anyway? See the picture and reading on page 365 and explain the progress.

18. On the back of this page explain other inventions from the early to Mid-1800’s and how they changed peoples “life at home”. USE THE LOWER HALF OF THE BACK PAGE 3-5 PARGRAPHS!!!