Good afternoon! Please grab your folder & a worksheet and be in your seat within one minute of the bell ringing. Think about it… What does “rural” mean? What does “urban” mean?
The Industrial Revolution
The Way Things Were… Farming Rural villages
What made things change? The Industrial Revolution Refers to a huge increase in the production of man-made goods Started in 18th century England
England The Industrial Revolution begins in England Large population Constant supply of food due to new crop rotation Stable economy Stable government Constitutional monarchy Abundant natural resources Iron ore, coal, rivers
Textile Industry 1st to industrialize New inventions Cotton gin Spinning Jenny 1st to industrialize New inventions Flying shuttle Spinning Jenny Cotton gin Eli Whitney Increased cotton production in USA Cotton gin Flying Shuttle
James Watt Made the steam engine work faster and more efficiently
Railroads Steam Engine allowed for invention of Railroad System Revolutionized the amount of materials that could be transported as well as travel time
Thomas Edison Patented over 1000 inventions including the light bulb and the phonograph
Louis Pasteur Germ theory of disease Heat kills bacteria Pasteurization Kills germs in liquids pasteurizing milk
Long-Term Effects Initially, lots of issues Pollution, terrible working conditions Eventually… Better wages. Safer working conditions. More strict sanitation laws…water and air. Child labor laws & regulations. **To sum it all up…A rise in the standard of living.