2. America before the Industrial Revolution…
• Most goods and
products were
made at home.
• Workers (artisans)
produced goods
by hand one at
a time and often
took long to
make
• Most Americans
lived in RURAL
areas (in the
country)
3. What is the Industrial Revolution?
• During the late 1800’s there
was an increase in factories
mostly in the Northern states
• Work shifted from hand
made to machine made
• New technology let workers
make more in less time
• New inventions in
agriculture, communication,
transportation, and factory
machines
4. Effects of the Industrial Revolution
•
More Americans moved
from RURAL (country) areas
to URBAN areas (cities) for
jobs in factories
– Population in cities
BOOMED!
•
Longer work days = 12 hr
days; 6 days a week; year
round
•
Boys and girls as young as 7
worked in factories → small
to fit in small places and
paid less
•
Increase in immigrants to
the U.S.
5. Important Inventors and Inventions:
Robert Fulton and the Steam Boat
– Steam power was
more reliable than
water power
– Now people and
goods can travel faster
and cheaper and for
pleasure as well
– Factories also began
using the steam engine
to power factories =
increase in production
6. Important Inventors and Inventions:
Eli Whitney
• Interchangeable parts:
machines that would
produce exact matching
parts…sped up production
• Cotton Gin: made cotton
cleaning process faster
(good). This led to an
increase in slavery (bad)
7.
8. Important Inventors and Inventions:
Samuel Morse and the Telegraph and
Morse Code
– Machine that sent long and short pulses of
electricity along a wire
– Morse code was used to identify letters
9. Summary Response
Explain both the positive and negative effects
the Industrial Revolution had on Americans and
American society.
