Aim: How did the building of
factories encourage the growth
of cities?
Do Now:
“The streets are filthy, and the stranger is not
a little surprised to meet the hogs walking
about in them, for the purpose of devouring
the vegetables and trash thrown into the
gutter”
-New York Tourist-1800’s
• Child Labor
– Boys and girls as young as seven worked in
factories
– Small children could squeeze into machines
• Long hours
– 12 hours a day, 6 days a week
• Home Life
– Factories spread families apart
– Role of women
Interchangeable Parts
• Handmade goods took
longer to build/repair.
• Eli Whitney introduced
interchangeable
parts-machines made
each identical part.
• Presented his idea to
government.
Growing Cities
• People left farms to work in cities.
• Urbanization-population moved from
farms to cities
Attractions
• Theatres, museums
and circuses
attracted people
• People shopped in
stores for the
latest fashions
from Europe.