What was the main reason the telegraph invented?
to help with railroad traffic
What system manufactures goods by many people working in one place?
the factory system
Name the two famous female abolitionists who held the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What was the main region for industrial growth in the early 1800s?
New England
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
Who invented the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
What made it possible to travel by water from Albany to Lake Erie?
the Erie Canal
What are groups of workers that promote reforms in the workplace?
labor unions
What literary movement put a big emphasis on emotions?
romanticism
What roads were built by private companies to make a profit through tolls?
turnpikes
How long did the Pony Express last?
a year and a half (1 1/2 years = not long)
Who brought the factory system to America?
Samuel Slater
Who was the most famous Unitarianist?
William Ellery Channing
Who opened American trade with Japan?
Commodore Matthew Perry
What area had the most railroads?
the Northeast
Why did canals decline in popularity?
the invention of the steam engine
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
Who began reform in public education?
Horace Mann
Name a benefit of the steam boat.
News, mail, books, goods could be transported more easily to western settlers; Major settlements grew on the river ports; Trade between east + west more profit
Who built the first successful steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who came up with idea of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Who started a traveling circus and museum?
P. T. Barnum
Who was an example of industrialism with his mill town in Massachusetts?
Francis Cabott Lowell
Who set the speed record for a clipper ship?
Donald McKay
Who raced his locomotive against a stagecoach?
Peter Cooper
What kind of people did Samuel Slater commonly use in his factories?
children