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Today, I will explain how the Industrial Revolution
started in the U.S. and how it changed the socioeconomical makeup of the country
You must complete 10.3-5 Quiz.
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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?
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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)
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The process of transitioning from human or animal
power to machines to complete a task.
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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
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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)
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#$talks
Samuel Slater memorizes the factory system
blueprints
Meets Moses Brown (Quaker capitalist)
Factory system is developed in the U.S.
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#Ukswollen
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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.
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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?
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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 capitalist 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.