1. Inventions and Innovations of the Industrial Revolution

2. Industrial Revolution
Rise of Factory System
Use of Steam Power
Mass Production of Goods
Industrial Revolution
Link is to Flocabulary rap on Industrial Revolution

3. Inventions and Innovations that Changed America
Each of these inventions or innovations caused changes in the United States:
Erie Canal
National Road
cotton gin
Steam boat
interchangeable parts
Factories
Railroad
Telegraph
Learn about each invention or innovation and determine the positive and/or negative effects of each on agriculture, transportation, or industry.

4. What effect do you think this had on agriculture?
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
It made removing cotton seeds from the fiber easier and more efficient.
Now, fewer slaves were needed to de-seed the cotton and the South could keep up with the demand for raw cotton
What effect do you think this had on agriculture?

5. What effect do you think this had on transportation?
Erie Canal
In 1817, ten years after the invention of the steamboat, New York began construction of the Erie Canal, the first major canal project in the United States.
When it was completed in 1825, the canal stretched 363 miles, from Albany to Buffalo, much farther than any other American or European canal.
A system of canals soon developed around the nation, linking waterways from the Northeast to the frontier West.
What effect do you think this had on transportation?

6. National Road
Also in 1817, the U.S. government invested in the National Road, which by stretched from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia.
Added to this were webs of privately owned toll roads around each major U.S. city, which served as the foundation for the growing road system.
What effect do you think this had on transportation?

7. What effect do you think this had on industry?
Steamboat
In 1807, Robert Fulton adapted the steam engine to run river barges
Steam is more reliable than wind and can move barges upstream against the current
Travel up the Mississippi River, and other rivers, became faster and more efficient
What effect do you think this had on industry?

8. Interchangeable Parts
Developed by Eli Whitney to mass produce muskets for the US Army
Machines produced standardized parts which could be used with other parts to assemble a whole product without someone filing and fitting each part together
Assembly and repair of devices became faster and easier
What effect do you think this had on industry?

9. What effect do you think this had on industry?
Railroad
The steam engine was applied to a wheeled wagon moving along a track, creating the first steam railroad.
By 1840, railroads crisscrossed parts of America
By 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, connecting the East to the West
What effect do you think this had on industry?

10. What effect do you think this had on communication?
Telegraph
A communication device that sent and stopped electrical impulses, which were translated into letters.
Instant communication was now possible across vast distances
Accompanied the spread of railroads. As rail lines were put in, telegraph lines were put up next to them.
What effect do you think this had on communication?

11. 3-2-1 Summary
Look at the picture to the right and discuss the details with your shoulder partner.
Together, list 3 details about the picture as they relate to invention and innovation.
On your own, make 2 inferences about the impact of the 3 details you found
Together, write 1 generalization about the future impact of the Industrial Revolution