Social Studies Quiz
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- Robert Fulton
- Who developed successful steam boat
- First women's college in US
- Mount Holyoke
- Columbus OH
- How far had Nat'l road reached by 1833
- Women and children
- Who suffered most from poor working conditions of factories?
- Invented Cotton Gin and developed idea of interchangeable parts
- Eli Whitney
- Own your own land
- What was ideal life according to Jefferson
- Women demanded: 1. job opportunities, 2. right to education, 3. right to vote, 4. right to custody of children in divorce
- Declaration of Sentiments 1848
- National Road's starting point
- Cumberland MD
- Pony Express
- Express mail system west of Mississippi
- Cleaning cotton faster and cheaper - greater demand for cotton in Northern factories - need to plant more cotton in South - need more slaves to pick
- Impact of Cotton Gin
- Irish
- Which immigrant group worked on Canal
- From $100 ton to $5 ton
- By how much did Canal lower shipping costs?
- Competition and an increase in immigrants willing to work for low wages
- Why did working conditions deteriorate for mill girls in mid 1800's
- Center of textile industry
- Lowell, MA
- 1825
- When was Erie Canal completed?
- Former Slave who joined women's movement
- Sojourner Truth
- From 3,000 miles to 30,000 miles
- By how much did the amount of railroad track in the US increase from 1830 to 1860?
- 83
- How many locks on original canal
- England
- Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
- Samuel Slater
- Who build first spinning mill in US
- Built to improve transportation of goods and people over land.
- National Road