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Review of major events of the Industrial Revolution

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What economic system is characterized by competition, profit motive, private property and consumer choice?

Free enterprise

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How did interchangeable parts impact industrialization?

it allowed for the mass production of goods (made it faster, easier and cheaper)

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What inventions helped to improve the area of agriculture? (3)

steel plow, cotton gin, and mechanical reaper

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What invention helped to improve communication over long distances?

Telegraph

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Who invented the telegraph?

Samuel F. B. Morse

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Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

Eli Whitney

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What invention allowed for several threads to be spun at once thus making it more efficient to make cloth?

spinning jenny

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What invention made steam power available for mechanical purposes?

steam engine

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What was a negative effect of the cotton gin?

It increased slavery

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What are textiles?

cloth

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An abundance of labor, the availability of capital, and new transportation systems all were factors that contributed to what event?

the industrialization of the United States

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What impact did this invention have on life in the United States?

It made the transportation of goods and people more efficient

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How did this invention impact life in the United States?

It made the cleaning of cotton more efficient but also increased slavery

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Why did the Irish immigrate to America?

To escape the potato famine and find new economic opportunities in America

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Where did most Irish find work once they immigrated to America?

They worked on building the Erie Canal, railroad and in factories

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What is the name of this invention and what impact did it have on life in the United States?

Steel plow; made it easier to farm

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