Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution

• Before the 1800s many things were produced by hand.

• Now that was starting to change thanks to machines.

• New sources of Power.

• Steam, replaced human and animal power

New Technology

• Since the middle ages workers had a spinning wheels that made thread, however, it could only spin 1 thread at a time.

• 1764 the Spinning Jenny, a machine that could spin several threads at once.

• The Loom to weave cloth in 1780 could produce more cloth in a day

Spinning Jenny

Factory System

• Water flowing downstream or over a waterfall turned a wheel that produced the power to run the machines

• Mills

Slater Breaks Law

• Samuel Slater

• British Mechanic

• Worked in a British Textile Mill

• British wanted the secret of the machinery from leaving the country

• Samuel went to America to make more Money ($)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_

p2syMs7j4

Samuel Slater

Samuel in 1789

• Boarded a ship bound for New York City (NYC)

• British officials searched baggage of passengers sailing to the US.

• To keep the plans safe and from getting caught he…

• Memorized the design of the machines

1793 Samuel and Moses Brown

• Samuel found a struggling mill in the possession of Moses Brown

• Samuel set to work to fix the mill and gave it the upgrade

• First successful textile mill in the US that was powered by water.

Child Labor

• Boys and Girls as young as 7 work in factories.

• It was dangerous

• Many lost limbs in the machines

• Child labor is cruel

• 1800s Farms children worked hard too

• Often their wages went to helping the family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9U4Vx6ImpE

Growing Cities

• 1800s Vast majority of Americans lived in rural areas.

• Leaving the farm to work in factories

• URBANIZATION – FROM FARMS TO CITIES

• 1800 – 6% LIVED IN URBAN (CITIES) AREAS

• 1850 – 15% LIVED IN URBAN AREAS

CITIES

HAZARDS

• Dirt & gravel

• Mudholes

• No Sewers

• People threw garbage in the street

• DIRTY

• Disease spread easily

• Epidemics killed hundreds

ATTRACTIONS

• Money

• Theaters

• Museums

• Circuses/Side Shows

• Fine stores (Latest fashion from Europe)

• Hat Shops

• Shoe stores

The Side Show

• The Talker – someone who talks to a crowd to promote their show. P.T. Barnum got his start promoting his own shows.

• The hardest part of this job is trying to get the people to pay.

3 Types of Freak Shows

• Working Acts – Sword Swallowers, Fire Eaters, and Strong Man acts.

• Born Freaks – Siamese twins

• Made Freaks – Tattooed Ladies, Piercings around the face

Exit Ticket

• How did the Industrial Revolution Help Cities Grow?

• How did the Industrial Revolution Hurt the people that lived in the cities?