1. Class Participation Grade (50 pts)
Earn points by volunteering to answer questions – raise your hand
Lose points by
Side conversations
Eyes closed
Silly nonsensical answers
Shouting out answers
Not paying attention / working on something else

2. INDUSTRIAL (economic) REVOLUTION

3. Trade is disrupted – U.S. will begin to make (manufacture) their own goods

6. Samuel Slater & the Factory System
Workers under one roof produce the whole product = Mass production

9. Interchangeable Parts by Eli Whitney
All parts are exactly alike = speed up production

16. Telegraph by Samuel Morse
Information travels quicker = brings the nation closer together

20. Mechanical Reaper by Cyrus McCormick
Cut grain quicker = more fields in production = more wheat = more $$$

24. Steel Plow by John Deere
Light weight plow
Plow fields faster = more fields in production = more crops = more $$$

27. Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney
Separates seeds from cotton faster = more fields of cotton can be grown = more slave labor

31. Steamboat by Robert Fulton
Move goods and people quicker on water & can go up stream

35. Erie Canal
Connects the Great Lakes with New York City and the Atlantic Ocean = move goods and people quicker

39. Railroads
Move people and goods faster and more easily across distances

41. Urbanization
Population increase = rapid growth of cities = problems

42. Lowell Mills
Textile mills that employed women

43. Child labor

44. Immigrants from Europe

45. Workers strike Form Unions Want better working conditions
shorter hours
better pay

47. Nativist Wanted to protect native – born white citizens
Claimed they “stole” jobs
Refused to hire immigrants

48. The Know Nothings
Political Party
Wanted to slow / stop immigration

49. The Question You Need To Think About
Are You Teachable?