Events Leading to the Civil War

Industrial Revolution

• Industrial Revolution- was the transition to new manufacturing processes (increase in technology)

• Inventions like the textile machine, cotton gin, and the telegraph (morse code) are just a few

Industrial Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution also sparked urbanization, or the growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities.

• Northern cities near the east coast grew the most

• Rural V. Urban

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Immigration

• Millions of German and Irish immigrants came to the US for the Industrial Revolution looking for work and a better life

• Immigrants came to the US from Ireland because a potato famine (massive starvation 1845-1852) had broke out.

Industrial Revolution

• In 1840 Pittsburgh had a population of 23,000 people

• 10 years later the population had more than doubled

Trouble With Growing Cities• Overcrowding in cities caused many problems:• Dirty streets (people would literally throw trash in

the streets)• Spread of diseases• Cities lacked adequate sewage systems

Trouble with Growing Cities

• Most buildings were made of wood

• Cities lacked trained firemen

Inventions

• Samuel F.B. Morse created Morse Code

• Morse Code allowed people to send messages across the country by using a telegraph

• Messages were sent through wires by electrical currents

Inventions • Eli Whitney created the cotton gin

Recap

• The Industrial Revolution helped grow the divide between the northern and southern states

• Factories and industrialization changed the northern states

• Inventions like the telegraph (morse code) will be used in the Civil War. Lincoln will receive many telegraphs while battles are occuring

Assignment

• On a separate sheet of paper write two paragraphs

Paragraph 1 – Describe two inventions that were created during the Industrial Revolution. What did they do? Why were they important?

Paragraph 2 – Describe two inventions that you use everyday and are important in your life. How do you use them? Why do you use them?