RQ CH 14 Part 2
Visuals
1 302 Daguerreotype What is Calico?
2 302 Photo
Whose factory?
Producing what?
3 303 Bbox
Who?
What are the benefits of securing a patent?
Who is the only President to earn a patent?
4 310 Painting
What Invention?
By whom?
How many produced per year in the Chicago factory?
5 310 Map
Title?
The road begins where and ends where?
What turnpike is shown?
6 312-3 Map (s)
312
Title of Both?
in which state is the Erie Canal entirely in?
In 1820 what fraction of workers toil on farms? In 1850?
What helps to explain Northern Superiority in the Civil War?
How many Canal Co.’s are shown on the map?
What is the only Great Lake tied to the canals shown?
313
7 313 Map
Title?
Most RR’s were concentrated in which region?
8 315 Bbox
What kind of travel is described here?
What do they say never to do because it would frighten the horses?
What do they say don’t do if women are aboard?
9 316 Map
Title?
How many different trails are shown in the key?
What is the title of Mark Twain’s book that is mentioned?
10 317 drawing
How many bales of Cotton are on board the Ship?
Reading Questions
Marvels in Manufacturing
11 What 3 acts passed before the War of 1812 spurred industrial production in America?
12 The Tariff of 1816 is the 1st tariff passed in American History with this purpose, (1 word)?
13 How many mills are forced to close in one Rhode Island District due to British dumping ?
14 What product does Eli Whitney use to illustrate his concept of Interchangeable parts?
15 What becomes widely adopted by 1850 and is the basis for the mass-production, assembly line
method of industrial production?
16 What invention becomes the foundation of the ready-made clothing industry?
17 Why does the clerk in the patent office in DC do in 1838, why?
18 Why is limited liability important to an owner of a corporation?
19 Fifteen Families form one of the earliest investment capital companies …called what?
20 What 4 types of businesses does the above company dominate in Massachusetts?
21What is the change in incorporation laws in NY in 1848 called?
22 Who invented the Telegraph in 1844?
23 His first message, sent from Baltimore to DC, said what?
Workers and Wage Slaves
24 Despite difficult working conditions early factory workers were prevented from forming what?
25 By 1820 what fraction of the nation’s industrial toilers were children under 10 years of age?
26 Most factory workers gave their loyalty to which political party?
27 What changes do these workingmen, now with the vote, hope to accomplish? (5)
28 What landmark action does President Martin Van Buren establish for Federal Employees on public
works?
29 What are the two nicknames for strikebreakers?
30 How many trade unionists had organized by 1830?
31 What is the name of the Landmark Massachusetts Supreme Case that legalizes Labor Unions?
Women and the Economy
32 What two things does Factory Jobs promise for Women?
33 Where was the Boston Associates showplace factory located?
34 Describe the typical worker at the above showplace factory?
35 What other 3 jobs are mentioned as being typical for Women in this time period?
36 What % of white women worked for pay outside the home in 1850?
37 About what % had been employed at some time prior to marriage?
38 A vast majority of working women were what?
39 What is the term that is defined as: a widespread cultural creed that glorified the customary functions
of the homemaker?
40 Women’s changing roles and the spreading of the Industrial Revolution brought some important
changes in the life of the 19th century home such as? (4)
41 By what fraction does the fertility rate drop in the years after the revolution, and in the course of the
19th century?
42 What is the term that describes the newly assertive role for women that begins to appear at this time,
signifying the growing power and independence of women, even while they remained wrapped in the
cult of domesticity?
Western Farmers Reap a Revolution in the Fields
43 What 3 states were fast becoming the nations breadbasket and before long the worlds?
44 What crop was typically planted first by pioneer families?
45 Who invents the steel plow in 1845?
46 Who invents the mechanical mower-reaper in the 1830’s?
Highways and Steamboats
47 From where to where does the 1st turnpike run, built in 1790’s?
48 What are the two names of the Federal Internal Improvement that begins in 1811 and is completed in
1852 with a combination of funding by states and the federal gov’t …the length of which is 591 miles?
49 Who is credited for testing the first steamboat in America in 1807?
50 the above boat went from what city to what city, a distance of 150 miles, in 32 hours, upstream?
51 By 1820 there were how many steamboats operating on the Miss. River? By 1860?
Clinton’s Big Ditch in New York
52 Who paid for the Erie Canal?
53 Begun in 1817 and completed in 1825 the Erie Canal connected what two massive bodies of water?
54 Due to the Erie Canal, a ton of grain shipped from Buffalo to NYC fell from what price to what price?
55 What 4 Great Lakes cities are said to have exploded into modern cities due this canal?
56 What happened to the price of potatoes in NYC due to the Canal?
The Iron Horse
57 What is called an Iron Horse?
58 What invention was the most significant contribution to the development of a National Market
Economy?
59 In what year does the 1st RR appear in America?
60 By 1860 how many miles of Track were in the USA?
61 What fraction of the RR track was in the South?
Cables, Clippers, and Pony Riders
62 Who was called the “greatest wire puller in History?” why?
63 What ocean going vessel dominated the Asian Tea Trade due to its speed?
64 The Pony Express ran from what city to what city?
65 How long was the trip, how often did riders change horses, and how long did a typical trip last?
66 Although the Pony express only lasts 18 months…and they worked every day…How many trips did the
Pony Express miss in 18 months ?
The Transport Web binds the Union
67 Which city by the 1840’s handled more western produce Buffalo or New Orleans?
68 Which port becomes the “Seaboard Queen of the Nation” by the 1840’s?
69 Division of Labor was applied to the three major regions of the Country due to the Transportation
Revolution….What did each region specialize in?
The Market Revolution
70 What is the term that is described as “transforming a subsistence economy of scattered farms and tiny
workshops into a national network of industry and commerce?”
71 What effect does the Market revolution’s ability to replace goods once made at home with storebought products have on traditional women’s work?
72 Instead of Home being a place of family cooperative work it became a place of what? From the world
of Work?
73 What burgeoning new areas were the best place to see the greatest extremes of economic inequality?
74 In reality, how frequent were real RAGS to RICHES stories?
75 Why do millions of immigrants pack their bags and head for America? (1 reason)