abeka history 10 section 19.1

subsistence farming

growing just enough food to meet personal needs

food

fill in the blank

mastery of the ________ supply is the most critical factor for the advancement of a nation

protestant work ethic

a way of life based on the teaching that God expects man to work and work is a noble duty

jethro tull

invented the seed drill

john deere

invented the steel plow

cyrus mccormick

invented the mechanical reaper

domestic system

work was done in homes or small, private shops

factory system

a large number of people employed to produce manufactured goods in a systematic way for wages

real wages

wages as compared to the cost of living

textile

fill in the blank

the industrial revolution began in england’s _________ factories

john kay

invented the flying shuttle

james hargreaves

invented the spinning jenny

richard arkwright

invented the spinning frame

samuel crompton

invented the spinning mule

edmund cartwright

invented the power loom

eli whitney

invented the cotton gin (1793)

1793

when did eli whitney invent the cotton gin?

james watt

invented the steam engine (1776)

1776

when did james watt invent the steam engine?

sir humphry davy

invented the miner’s safety lamp

henry bessemer and william kelley

invented the process of converting iron into steel (bessemer process)

1. erie

2. suez

two answer fill in the blank

the _____ and _______ canals allowed for easier and faster commercial transportation

robert fulton

invented the first practical steamboat in 1807

1807

when did robert fulton invent the first practical steamboat?

george stephenson

 invented the first steam-powered locomotive in 1814

1814

when did george stephenson invent the first steam-powered locomotive?

henry ford

perfected the first modern automobile in 1896

1896

when did henry ford perfect the first modern automobile?

samuel morse

invented the first electric telegraph machine in 1844

1844

when did samuel morse invent the first electric telegraph machine?

cyrus field

invented the first transatlantic cable

alexander graham bell

invented the first working telephone in 1896

1896

when did alexander graham bell invent the first working telephone?

john dalton

developed the atomic theory

edward jenner

developed the first vaccine for smallpox in 1796

1796

when did edward jenner develop the first vaccine for smallpox?

louis pasteur

discovered the germ theory of disease in 1864

1864

when did louis pasteur discover the germ theory of disease?

joseph lister

developed antiseptics to clean germs from instruments and wounds

thomas edison

considered one of the greatest inventors of all time; invented the incandescent light bulb