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Do now: Write a min of 4 lines describing how you
would feel working in a“Lowell” type mill to support
your family in the early 1800s.
Today, I will explain how the Industrial Revolution
began to change the U.S.A. I will also be able to explain
how improvements to transportation helped grow the
country.
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Turn in 11.1
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Quiz 11.1/11.2 Wednesday.
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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)
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Fires (first volunteer fire companies start)
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Place where newly arriving immigrants would settle.
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Entertainment: Theaters, museums, shopping, etc. (later
sports and parks)
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How were inventors and capitalists needed to
bring about the I.R.?
How did the building of factories encourage
the growth of cities?
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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.
Area of
westward
expansion by
the 1830s.
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Allows for quicker settlement of territory
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We can’t expand as a nation without improvement
to infrastructure.
Allows for quicker extraction (removal of
resources)
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Helps fuel growing populations back East
Helps to grow our economy
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Allows for quicker travel of people and goods
Steam allows boats to traverse upstream
 Steam allows regular boats to travel faster
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Canals connect major waterways
Erie Canal: Connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River, to
Hudson Bay (NYC), which empties into the Atlantic.
 Allows us to move raw materials to factories and export
goods faster.
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#Faster&cheaper
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The North improves infrastructure /
transportation. Their wealth and population
continues to grow.
The South sees few improvements to
infrastructure. Travel between states continues
to be difficult. Continued reliance upon
traditional means of transpiration (rivers)