US History Chapter 12

designer of the first full-sized commercial steamboat, the Clermont

built the small but powerful locomotive Tom Thumb in 1830

fought to obtain a 10-hour workday for employees of private businesses

developed the mechanical reaper, a harvesting machine, in 1831

developed mills featuring power looms that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill

came up with the idea of interchangeable parts

unsuccessfully sued to limit New York's waterway rights

developed the strategy of hiring families and dividing work into simple tasks, known as the Rhode Island system

invented the telegraph

Isaac Singer is credited with the invention of the safety pin. T/F

Alfred Lewis Vail developed a system known as Morse code. T/F

Changes to manufacturing were needed in the mid-1700's because demand was greater than the available supply of goods. T/F

Most early strikes by union members were unsuccessful because the courts and the police did not take their side. T/F

During the War of 1812, Americans began to buy the items they needed from American manufacturers instead of foreign suppliers. T/F

Describe working conditions in the mills in the 1800s