Chapter 10: America's Economic Revolution Flashcards

299932530	Central Park	Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1858, New York's Central Park was the first example of a movement to create urban parks.
299932531	"Corporations"	businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock
299932532	"Domestic Virtues"	the role of being a mother, entrusted with the nurturing of the young, seemed more central to the family than it had in the past. And the role as wife grew more important as well. Women learned to place a high value on keeping a clean, comfortable, and well-appointed home, on entertaining, and on dressing elegantly and stylishly
299932533	Erie Canal	an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
299932534	"Express Contact"	contract between laborer and employee, calls for more work than 10hr/day; little impact- employers often forced laboroers to sign contract prior to hiring
299932535	Factory Girls Association	In 1834, mill workers in Lowell organized a union known as this, which staged a strike to protest a 25 percent wage cut. Two years later the association struck again, against a rent increase in boardinghouses. Both Strikes failed, and a recession in 1837 nearly killed the organization.
299932536	Interchangeable Parts	identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufactoring
299932537	Lowell System	was a paternalistic textile factory system of the early 19th century that employed mainly young women [age 15-35] from New England farms to increase efficiency, productivity and profits in ways different from other methods
299932538	Mohawk and Hudson Railroad	One of the first railroad companies. Established in New York and began running trains along the 16 miles of track between Schenectady and Albany in 1831.
299932539	Naitve American Association	one of the 1st secret societies created to combat what nativists called the "alien menace". They began protesting against immigration in 1837; in 1845, nativists held a convention in Philadelphia to create the NAA
299932540	Oberlin College	(AJ) , first college to teach women and African Americans
299932541	"Safety Valve"	termed by Frederick Jackson Turner, historian; availability of W lands for discontent workers (escape option), rarely affordable for urban workers; politics- white males felt that voting offered a way to guide society, felt significant to community
299932542	Samuel F.B. Morse	an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and co-inventor, with Alfred Vail, of the Morse Code
299932543	Sarah Hale	Editor of "Godey's Lady Book," a tremendously popular magazine advising American women on how they should dress and act