INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION2/2/2015

What does this cartoon say about working conditions during the industrial revolution?

Wrap up: Turn and Tell your neighbor 1 cause and effect of industrialization on the growth of the United States.

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION2/3/2015

Wrap up: Give one Get one – find someone who has something you don’t to complete your cause and effect chart. Give them something they don’t have in return.

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Warm Up:What were the economic effects of the War of 1812?

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

•THE19TH CENTURY INCLUDED THE YEARS FROM 1800-1899.  DURING THOSE YEARS, IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND TECHNOLOGY WERE SO RAPID AND GREAT THAT WE CALL THEM A REVOLUTION.

•NOT ALL CHANGES

WERE GOOD

CHANGES, HOWEVER. 

THE REVOLUTION

ALSO BROUGHT MANY

PROBLEMS.

•THERE WAS A NEW DEMAND FOR SOURCES OF ENERGY AND FUEL.  FACTORIES AND NEW FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION BROUGHT POLLUTION AND SOME NEW DANGERS.

TRANSPORTATION

• A REVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION TOOK PLACE DURING THE 19TH CENTURY ON LAND AND WATERWAYS. THE BUILDING OF THE ERIE CANAL HAD IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION AND GROWTH IN NEW YORK STATE. 

STEAMBOATS

• IN 1807, ROBERT FULTON LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S FIRST STEAMBOAT.  IT COULD MOVE A BOAT AGAINST THE CURRENT IN A RIVER BY A LARGE PADDLE WHEEL THAT TURNED IN THE WATER.

•FULTON'S FIRST STEAMBOAT, THE CLERMONT, TRAVELED AT A SPEED OF 5 MILES AN HOUR.  SOON FULTON WAS PROVIDING REGULAR PASSENGER SERVICE ON THE HUDSON RIVER, FROM NEW YORK CITY TO ALBANY.

RAILROADS

•THE INVENTION OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AGAIN CHANGED THE WAY GOODS AND PEOPLE TRAVELED. PRODUCTS COULD BE MOVED MORE CHEAPLY AND MUCH FASTER BY THIS NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION. TRAIN CARS COULD ALSO HAUL HEAVIER LOADS THAN BOATS OR WAGONS.

BY 1840, RAILROADS CRISSCROSSED THE

STATE OF NEW YORK.  MOST OF THE

COUNTRY’S TRANSPORTATION ROUTES

(ROADS, CANALS, RAILROADS) WERE IN THE

NORTH.

•MAIL WAS SOMETIMES LOST OR STOLEN.  A REVOLUTION IN COMMUNICATION CAME DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE 1800'S. SAMUEL MORSE INVENTION OF THE TELEGRAPH MADE COMMUNICATION EASIER AND FASTER.

THE COTTON GIN

• THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN ("GIN" IS SHORT FOR ENGINE) IN 1793 BY ELI WHITNEY, HAD A GREAT EFFECT

ON LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES.

A PROFITABLE PROCESS•ONE YEAR BEFORE THE COTTON GIN CAME ALONG, THE UNITED STATES PRODUCED ONLY 140,000 POUNDS OF COTTON. IN ONLY EIGHT YEARS, THAT INCREASED TO 35 MILLION POUNDS ANNUALLY.

BY 1860, 90% OF SLAVES WERE ENGAGED IN THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON.

•LARGE PLANTATION OWNERS IN THE SOUTH, AND FACTORY OWNERS IN THE NORTH BECAME WEALTHY, WHILE THE FACTORY WORKERS AND FIELD LABORERS MADE VERY LITTLE MONEY. 

URBANIZATION

• INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION LED TO INCREASED U.S. URBANIZATION

• MOST OF THE JOBS THAT WERE CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WERE LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST.

• POPULATION MOVED FROM THE RURAL FARMING AREAS TO THE CITIES

URBANIZATION

• INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES

•MOST IRISH MOVED TO THE URBAN CENTERS OF THE NORTHEAST

•THE IRISH WORKED IN FACTORIES OR COAL MINES, AND WERE THE MAIN GROUP THAT HELP BUILD THE ERIE CANAL

•CONDITIONS WERE ALSO HARSH IN MANY OF THE TEXTILE FACTORIES IN THE NORTHERN STATES WHERE WORKERS TURNED THE COTTON INTO CLOTH. 

•CHILDREN WORKED LONG HOURS, ALONG SIDE MEN AND WOMEN ON DANGEROUS MACHINES FOR LOW WAGES.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION2/4/2015

Wrap up: What economic factors brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization? Use what you saw in the video to summarize this in 2-3 sentences.

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION2/5/2015

Complete a TACOS analysis of this cartoon

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RESULTS/EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

1. INCREASED IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES

2. CHEAPER AND FASTER WAYS OF MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS

3. AN ECONOMIC BOOM

4. URBANIZATION (PEOPLE MOVING TO THE CITIES FROM RURAL AREAS)

5. GROWTH OF FREE ENTERPRISE

6. OVERCROWDED CITIES

7. POLLUTION

8. CHILD LABOR

A LITTLE REVIEW!

1.NAME 4 INVENTIONS MENTIONED IN THIS POWERPOINT.

2.WHO INVENTED THE TELEGRAPH?

3.WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN?

4.NAME 3 POSITIVE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION.

5.NAME 3 NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION.