Manufacturing Revolution

Question 1

How did the putting out system help to create a rise in industrialization?

Answer 1

1. Putting out: the division of small tasks of steps of a larger process to a specific group of labors
2. Lowered production costs and times
3. Increased industrial output making goods accessible to more ppl
4. Provided income to poor families allowing them access to lux goods for the first time

Question 2

How did industrialization change the nature of work?

Answer 2

1. Created set work days in which people were beholden to bosses and time clocks
2. Deskilled workers- no longer were goods made by craftsmen
3. Shifted production from the home to factories
4. Little autonomy for workers
   a. set hours
   b. punishment for tardiness
   c. standardized days
   d. no more drinking on the job

Question 3

What are the affects of increased industrial consumption

Answer 3

1. Increased standard of living (oil lamps and new lux goods)
2. Creates demand for innovation and thus the creation of new markets

Question 4

What were the goals of workers organizations such as the Men’s Party

Answer 4

1. Bring about changes in the work place such as increased pay and better conditions
2. Install the labor value theory (workers paid more than boss because the created the product)

Question 5

Explain the process of selling western land?

Answer 5

1. Govt had surveyors create a “grid” of land so it could be sold
2. Land Law of 1796: 640 acres for 2$ an acre
3. Land Law of 1800: 320 acres for sale on credit (stimulate the growth)
4. Land offices were govt agencies created to oversee the sale of land
5. provided low inserts payments for four year repayment plans

Question 6

What caused the Panic of 1819

Answer 6

1. Changes in Atlantic Sea Trade (Europe relies on US Cotton)—->Raises prices of cotton and land
2. New economic potential causes land favor
3. Farmers sought to increase landholdings by looking west
4. States create new banks to provided loans to farmers
5. Land speculators buy land cheap and resell at high prices
6. End of Napoleonic wars causes England to shift back to AG
7. Drops price of cotton—> farmers can not repay new loans
8. Banks foreclose on land but can not resell
9. Govt has to buy back land to save the economy

Question 7

Identify key American innovators and inventors

Answer 7

1. Elie Whitney: Cotton Gin, increased production and solidifies slavery in the South
2. Robert Fulton: Steamboat, increased rates of transportation
3. Samual Morase: Telegraph, state wide communication
4. Cyrus McCormick: Horse Drawn reaper

Question 8

Describe the development of improved methods of transportation in the 19th C>.

Answer 8

1. New Technologies spurred growth
   a. steamships
   b. railroad ties
2. Large scale building of roads and turnpikes
   a. cumberland rd (MD to IL)
   b. State turnpikes
3. Canals
   a. Erie Canal connect NYC with the West
4. John Quincy Adams and the American System
   a. Sponsored transportation revolution to stimulate economic growth

Question 9

How did the new systems of transportation affect the lives of Americans

Answer 9

1. Opened the country for quick travel–>Stimulates commerce–>more access to jobs
2. Rural to Urban shift
3. Created new jobs (building railroads)
4. Promoted western expansion
5. Improved “American Spirit”

Question 10

Identify the ideals of each social class

Answer 10

1. Economic Elite
   a. Pro-Slavery
   b. Created Clubs to ensure they have political power
   c. inherited wealth from colonial traders
2. New Money (Manufacture)
   a. Got money through hard work
   b. promoted schools so others could to
3. Middle Class
   a. only father worked
   b. children are the future (education)
   c. focused on morals
   d. anti-slavery
4. Working Class
   a. whole family worked if they needed to
   b. pro-slavery and anti-immigration (feared loss of jobs)
   c. affected the most in poor economy
   d. drank heavily/ paid for entertainment as diversions