1. Early 19c
Industrialization
in America:
The Market Revolution

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What were the results of early 19c
industrialization
in America?

3. The
Transportation
Revolution

4. Warm-Up: Standardized Test Practice
2/22/11
Warm-Up: Standardized Test Practice
Directions:
Answer questions from the Standardized Test Practice.
Prepare for Quiz on Wednesday

5. First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA
By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

6. Cumberland (National Road), 1811
10. Tolls paid on turnpikes & turnpikes remain in one state
9. Philadelphia to Lancaster

7. Conestoga Covered Wagons
11. Covered horse drawn wagon
13. Start = Philadelphia End = Pittsburgh
14. Families moving their homes
Conestoga Trail, 1820s
15. Pennsylvania; Maryland

8. Erie Canal System 18. False 22. To travel and transport goods
20. New York
21. Albany

9. Erie Canal, 1820s Begun in 1817; completed in 1825 24. 8 years
26. Steamboats & Flatbeds
25. Long project completed by hand
27. Crops and textiles
Begun in 1817; completed in 1825

10. Robert Fulton & the Steamboat
29. Faster; less work for humans
Robert Fulton & the Steamboat
1807: The Clermont

11. Principal Canals in 1840

12. Inland Freight Rates

13. The “Iron Horse” Wins! (1830)
45. A Train
46. The train beat the horse in a race.
1830  13 miles of track built by Baltimore & Ohio RR By 1850  9000 mi. of RR track [1860  31,000 mi.]

14. The Railroad Revolution, 1850s
50. Economy is making more money
The Railroad Revolution, 1850s
Immigrant labor built the No. RRs.
Slave labor built the So. RRs.
47. Immigrants
48. Slaves

15. New
Inventions:
"Yankee Ingenuity"

16. Resourcefulness & Experimentation
Americans were willing to try anything.
They were first copiers, then innovators.
1800  41 patents were approved.
1860  4,357 “ “ “
51. More patents were approved
52. Rights to the product so it can’t be copied

17. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791 Actually invented by a slave!
55. Separate the seeds from cotton
56. Produce more cotton faster
Actually invented by a slave!
57. Farmers were able to make more money w/less slaves

18. Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle
58. He invented interchangeable Parts
59. He made parts for a Rifle
60. Parts that are the same for all machines
61. Less time to fix broken machinery
Interchangeable Parts Rifle

19. Warm-Up: Practice Quiz
2/23/11
Warm-Up: Practice Quiz
Directions:
Students will complete the Guided Reading 5-1
Students will prepare for the Notes Quiz by completing the Pre-Reading Outline.

20. First prototype of the locomotive
Oliver Evans
First automated flour mill
First prototype of the locomotive

21. John Deere & the Steel Plow (1837)

22. Cyrus McCormick & the Mechanical Reaper: 1831

23. Samuel F. B. Morse
1840 – Telegraph

24. Elias Howe & Isaac Singer
1840s Sewing Machine

25. The Northern
Industrial
"Juggernaut"

26. Boom/Bust Cycles:
66. $24
67. $104
68. Tuition = The amount of money paid for college classes.
69. More people were going to school.
The blue line shows, for comparison, the price of a year’s tuition at Harvard College. In 1790 it was $24, but by 1860 had risen to $104.

27. Distribution of Wealth
During the American Revolution, 45% of all wealth in the top 10% of the population.
70. American Revolution b/c their were more business owners
1845 Boston  top 4% owned over 65% of the wealth.
71. Less Distribution of wealth
1860 Philadelphia  top 1% owned over 50% of the wealth.
The gap between rich and poor was widening!

28. Samuel Slater (“Father of the Factory System”)
73. Because he was the first to develop factories in the United States.

29. The Lowell System: First Dual-Purpose Textile Plant
74. Lowell, Massachusetts
76. It serves more than one purpose
77. A clothing factory
Francis Cabot Lowell’s town

30. Lowell in 1850

31. Lowell Mill

32. Early Textile Loom

33. New England Textile Centers: 1830s
79. They are located around water to help power the factories.
New England Textile Centers: 1830s
80. The location where clothing fabrics are made.

34. New England Dominance in Textiles

35. Starting for Lowell

36. What was their typical “profile?”
81. Young, White, poor, uneducated
82. They could complete the work and needed the money.
Lowell Girls
What was their typical “profile?”

37. Lowell Boarding Houses What was boardinghouse life like?
83. Small living conditions Unsanitary Crowded
What was boardinghouse life like?

38. Lowell Mills Time Table

39. Early “Union” Newsletter
84. Organized group of workers who collectively work together for a better working environment
Early “Union” Newsletter
85. Provide Better Work Environment
86. YES!

40. The Factory Girl’s Garland
February 20, 1845 issue.

41. I’m a Factory Girl Filled with Wishes
I'm a factory girl Everyday filled with fear From breathing in the poison air Wishing for windows! I'm a factory girl Tired from the 13 hours of work each day And we have such low pay Wishing for shorten work times! I'm a factory girl Never having enough time to eat Nor to rest my feet Wishing for more free time! I'm a factory girl Sick of all this harsh conditions Making me want to sign the petition! So do what I ask for because I am a factory girl And I'm hereby speaking for all the rest!

42. Irish Immigrant Girls at Lowell

43. American Population Centers in 1820

44. American Population Centers in 1860

45. National Origin of Immigrants: 1820 - 1860
Why now?

46. Warm-Up: Pre-Reading the Section
2/25/11
Warm-Up: Pre-Reading the Section
Directions:
Turn to pages in your textbook. Look at the headings, pictures, and graphs and fill out the chart.

47. Classwork: Papers Due Today!
2/25/11
Classwork: Papers Due Today!
Assignments Due Today:
All Warm-Ups
Chapter 5: The Industrial Revolution Notes Mill Times: Video Questions Parts III-VI Revolution Technology Packet