2 April Today, I will explain how the Industrial

Revolution started in the U.S. and how it changed the socio-economical makeup of the country

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What is the quickest and most efficient way to sharpen a pencil? By hand with a sharp knife, with a handheld sharpener, with a traditional classroom sharpener, or an electric sharpener. Please explain your answer in a minimum of 2 lines.

What invention or technology is most important to you and why?

Cnbc list of most influential inventions of the last 50 years

Iphone ATM (Automated teller machine) DNA testing and sequencing Alternative fuels (wind, solar, etc) Fiber optics (increased communication capacity and TV

viewing FIOS) Laparoscopy (non-invasive laser and robotic surgery) Bar codes and scanners (increased trade) Heart surgery GPS Internet (entertainment, information, communication,

etc) MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Industrial Revolution

The process of transitioning from human or animal power to machines to complete a task. Originates in England starting approximately middle of the

1700s (1760s), eventually spreads throughout the world James Hargreaves: spinning jenny, a machine that

could spin several threads (2-4) at once. Richard Arkwright: invented a machine that could

spin a 100 threads at once Edmund Cartwright: built a loom powered by water

(workers could produce 200 times more cloth than before).

FLOCAB Industrial Revolution

Factory system

Required large sums of $: Investors = Capitalists

$ supplied land, labor, and capital *remember this for next year*

Factory system: raw materials, workers, and machines under 1 roof (highly efficient and profitable)

We steal their technology

#$talks Samuel Slater memorizes the factory

system blueprints Meets Moses Brown (Quaker capitalist) Factory system is developed in the U.S.

#Ukswollen

1st Factory Town

Lowell Mass, starting in 1813

Lowell girls: Young women that came to the town to live and work. Provided $ for their family and freedom that most young women didn’t get in the early 1800s.

Workers were paid little and treated poorly.

Child Labor, 297

12 hrs a day x 6 days a week = ______

Workers were disposable (you get injured, you got replaced) #coldblooded

child labor

What is the point of this poster? How does it relate to child labor?

Cities grow in America Cities developed around factories, which were often built

near water supply. Urbanization

People start to move from rural farms to cities, WHY????? Consistent source of $

Pollution and sanitation concerns (diseases spread quickly)

Fires (first volunteer fire companies start)

Place where newly arriving immigrants would settle.

Entertainment: Theaters, museums, shopping, etc. (later sports and parks)

Big ideas

How were inventors and capitalist needed to bring about the I.R.?

How did the building of factories encourage the growth of cities?

Major Trend leading to the Civil War

The “North” will industrialize, gain population (rural and foreign), and rely on wage earners.

The “South” will continue to be agrarian based, limited population growth, and rely heavily on slave labor.