The Industrial Revolution in the United States

What was the Industrial Revolution? A historical period during which machines made production of goods faster and increased the speed of transportation When did it happen? The mid 1700s to the late 1800s How did it change life in the United States? ????? What are some of the important inventions of the Industrial Revolution?

Richard Arkwright

Water Frame

Example of Early Textile Water-Run Loom

Eli Whitney

Cotton Gin

Interchangeable Parts

Interchangeable Parts

Robert FultoN

Robert Fulton’s Clermont

The Clermont First vessel ever propelled by steam

Gibbons v Ogden

Samuel Slater

Slater Mill

Lowell

Advanced in the Textile Industry

Peter Cooper, inventor of the first American steam engine.

Steam –Powered Trains The performance of the first steam engine, named Tom Thumb, was not so impressive—but the idea of steam power was!!

John Deere

John Deere’s steel plow

Modern demonstration of an original John Deere plow.

Samuel F. B. Morse

F. B. Morse Telegraph

Female Telegraph operators

Cyrus McCormick’s reaper

McCormick Reaper

Coal begins to replace wood as primary fuel

Sarah Bagley Female Labor Reformer

I. M. Singer

Use paragraph format to respond to this two-part prompt Use paragraph format to respond to this two-part prompt. That means have topic sentences, supporting evidence, explanations, and clear transitions. Choose two words that you think characterize the advances of the Industrial Revolution. That means the two words you choose can be applied to each of the presentations we heard. Next, select from the topics presented the three that you think MOST contributed to the advances made during the Industrial Revolution.

Growth of towns and cities The use of coal, the wave of immigrants, the improvements in machinery all lead to larger factories employing more people. Growth of towns and cities Social Improvement and Reform Movements • Sewer systems, Police and Fire Departments, Libraries • The Ten Hour Day Movement • Second Great Awakening • Prison Reform • Education Reform   Arts and Literature • Hudson River School of Painters • Romanticism • Transcendentalism