 Today, I will explain how the Industrial Revolution started in the U.S. and how it changed the socio- economical makeup of the country  You must complete Quiz.

 What is the quickest and most efficient way to sharpen a pencil? By hand with a sharp knife, with a handheld sharpener, with a traditional classroom sharpener, or an electric sharpener. Please explain your answer in a minimum of 2 lines.  What invention or technology is most important to you and why?

 Iphone  ATM (Automated teller machine)  DNA testing and sequencing  Alternative fuels (wind, solar, etc)  Fiber optics (increased communication capacity and TV viewing FIOS)  Laparoscopy (non-invasive laser and robotic surgery)  Bar codes and scanners (increased trade)  Heart surgery  GPS  Internet (entertainment, information, communication, etc)  MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

 The process of transitioning from human or animal power to machines to complete a task.  Originates in England starting approximately middle of the 1700s (1760s), eventually spreads throughout the world  James Hargreaves: spinning jenny, a machine that could spin several threads (2-4) at once.  Richard Arkwright: invented a machine that could spin a 100 threads at once  Edmund Cartwright: built a loom powered by water (workers could produce 200 times more cloth than before).  FLOCAB Industrial Revolution FLOCAB Industrial Revolution

 Required large sums of $: Investors = Capitalists  $ supplied land, labor, and capital *remember this for next year*  Factory system: raw materials, workers, and machines under 1 roof (highly efficient and profitable)

 #$talks  Samuel Slater memorizes the factory system blueprints  Meets Moses Brown (Quaker capitalist)  Factory system is developed in the U.S.  #Ukswollen

 Lowell Mass, starting in 1813  Lowell girls: Young women that came to the town to live and work. Provided $ for their family and freedom that most young women didn’t get in the early 1800s.  Workers were paid little and treated poorly.

 12 hrs a day x 6 days a week = ______  Workers were disposable (you get injured, you got replaced) #coldblooded  child labor child labor

What is the point of this poster? How does it relate to child labor?

 Cities developed around factories, which were often built near water supply.  Urbanization  People start to move from rural farms to cities, WHY????? Consistent source of $  Pollution and sanitation concerns (diseases spread quickly)  Fires (first volunteer fire companies start)  Place where newly arriving immigrants would settle.  Entertainment: Theaters, museums, shopping, etc. (later sports and parks)

 How were inventors and capitalist needed to bring about the I.R.?  How did the building of factories encourage the growth of cities?

 The “North” will industrialize, gain population (rural and foreign), and rely on wage earners.  The “South” will continue to be agrarian based, limited population growth, and rely heavily on slave labor.