Comparing Labor systems Take out your HW and the Venn diagram Review your Venn diagram comparing the factory and the plantation rules: Review the similarities and differences found What kinds of behavior and values did the rules seek to promote? Which managers/overseers appeared to have more responsibilities? Why? Why do you think there were so many extra measures taken for the care and feeding of the slaves as opposed to mill workers?
New Inventions New inventions will make work easier for farmers and will allow them to grow more crops Steam powered machines will transform the textile industry – no longer will factories have to be near water! Steam locomotives and ships, as well as the fast moving Clipper ships will speed up shipping
New Machines transform the TEXTILE industry John Kay – Flying Shuttle James Hargreaves Spinning Jenny Richard Arkwright Waterframe
Machines transform Farming
Was – harvesting with hand reaper A scythe is a tool used by ancient farmers during harvest
Became http://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/wheat-harvesting/clip1/
Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FeHZdi_t58
Was – wooden plow
Became (iron replaces wood) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te3LGOGp2fs
Today
Was
Became http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lki3jxNLVCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2W9nwwjIkY
Telegraph lines follow rail tracks
Was
Became – Steam powered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpxq8mzzw8
Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxlbneQeX6o
Was
Became http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNYanqY8QnU
Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bokySqGdRhM
“Old Immigration” Before the Civil War, most immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe - England, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia.
Why do people move? Push Factors: Negative conditions that cause someone to leave their previous residence. Pull Factors: Positive conditions which (real or speculated) that cause someone to come to a new residence.
PUSH Population growth Agricultural changes Crop Failures Industrial Revolution Religious and Political Turmoil
PULL Freedom Economic Opportunity Abundant Land
Factory Labor
The Factory System Harsh life for workers Rigid schedule Long Hours Dangerous conditions Mostly employed woman and children
Francis Lance, 5 years old, jumps on and off trolleys to sell newspapers. Tony Casale, 11, has been selling newspapers for four years.
Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. Began at 3:30 AM and worked to 5 PM.
Workers Organize Trade unions – demand shorter workday, higher wages, better conditions Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (LFLRA)
Discrimination/Prejudice Policy or attitude that denies equal rights to certain groups of people African-Americans in the North and most immigrant groups were denied the vote, the jury box, positions in the gov’t, the army, access to public lands, and public school Limited job opportunities
Nativists – wanted to preserve the country for ‘native-born’ white citizens Know-Nothing Party – political party that grew out of hostility for new immigrants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_CDJiYux1A
Against all odds, some did succeed…
Welcome to your new job! The year is 1855, you work in a factory in the North The factory wants to begin producing the countries new trend: Paperclip bracelets! Oh yeah!
Step 1 – lay out your paperclips Step 2 – attach one, then pass to the next person Step 3 – continue until it reaches the last person – their job is to connect the strand to each other (5 paperclips per bracelet) You have 2 minutes to create as many bracelets as you can!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ih0JJLoMIg http://www.online-stopwatch.com/