unit 6 table of contents #1 industrialization notes #2 industrialization summary
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Unit 6 Table Of Contents
• #1 Industrialization Notes
• #2 Industrialization Summary
INDUSTRIALIZATIONINDUSTRIALIZATION
Industrial Revolution
• increased the output of machine-made goods
• Began in England in middle 1700s
• Spread to continental Europe and North America
Began in England
• Why ?– England had resources
• water and coal for power• Rivers for transportation• Harbors for overseas• Land, labor, & capital (wealth)
New Methods
• AgricultureAgriculture– Jethro Tull and crop seedingJethro Tull and crop seeding
• No more scattering of seedsNo more scattering of seeds
– Sheep breedingSheep breeding• Only breed the bestOnly breed the best• Produced healthier, heavier lambs = more meatProduced healthier, heavier lambs = more meat
New Methods
• Textiles– Flying shuttle for
weaving– Spinning jenny wheel– Cotton gin
New Methods
• TransportationTransportation– Steam engine: more efficient use of fuelSteam engine: more efficient use of fuel– Steam locomotivesSteam locomotives
• Life in suburbs now an optionLife in suburbs now an option
Urbanization
• Moving into the cities for work and better pay than on the farms
• 1800s population explosion
• Factories developed around available resources
Problems
• No sewers, dumps, drains
• Single living area with large families
• Sickness and disease: cholera– Life expectancy 17yrs
• Long work days– 14+ hour days, 6 days a week
• Child labor
Positives
• More jobs
• More money
• Wealth of nation greater
• Better way of life
Inventions
• Thomas Edison– Light bulb
• Alexander Graham Bell– Telephone
• Marconi– radio
Inventions
• Henry Ford– Assembly line
• Wright Brothers– plane
Inventions
• Pasteur (bacteria)
• Lister (germ killing antiseptics)
Inventions
• Darwin (theory of evolution)Darwin (theory of evolution)
• Mendel (genetics)Mendel (genetics)
• Mendeleev (Periodic Table)Mendeleev (Periodic Table)
• Marie Curie (Radioactive elements)Marie Curie (Radioactive elements)
Ideas
• Pavlov (psychology)
• Freud (psychoanalysis)
• Mass culture– Entertainment
• Music and movies
– Sports• Olympics reintroduced in 1896
Summary
• Describe 3 positive and 3 negative things about the Industrial Revolution