Class Participation Grade (50 pts) Earn points by volunteering to answer questions – raise your hand Lose points by Side conversations Eyes closed Silly nonsensical answers Shouting out answers Not paying attention / working on something else

INDUSTRIAL (economic) REVOLUTION

Trade is disrupted – U.S. will begin to make (manufacture) their own goods

Samuel Slater & the Factory System Workers under one roof produce the whole product = Mass production

Interchangeable Parts by Eli Whitney All parts are exactly alike = speed up production

Telegraph by Samuel Morse Information travels quicker = brings the nation closer together

Mechanical Reaper by Cyrus McCormick Cut grain quicker = more fields in production = more wheat = more $$$

Steel Plow by John Deere Light weight plow Plow fields faster = more fields in production = more crops = more $$$

Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney Separates seeds from cotton faster = more fields of cotton can be grown = more slave labor

Steamboat by Robert Fulton Move goods and people quicker on water & can go up stream

Erie Canal Connects the Great Lakes with New York City and the Atlantic Ocean = move goods and people quicker

Railroads Move people and goods faster and more easily across distances

Urbanization Population increase = rapid growth of cities = problems

Lowell Mills Textile mills that employed women

Child labor

Immigrants from Europe

Workers strike Form Unions Want better working conditions shorter hours better pay

Nativist Wanted to protect native – born white citizens Claimed they “stole” jobs Refused to hire immigrants

The Know Nothings Political Party Wanted to slow / stop immigration

The Question You Need To Think About Are You Teachable?