1. US History- Industrial Revolution
US History Unit 5

2. War of 1812 Events Writing of Star Spangled Banner
Causes
British warship attacked an American ship killing three Americans and took prisoners U.S. sailors
British strict trade restrictions
US refusal to buy British goods
British support of Native American opposition to frontierWar Hawks desire to acquire Canada
Impressment of U.S. sailors
Events
Writing of Star Spangled Banner
Attack/Burning of Washington D.C.
Battle of New Orleans
Treaty of Ghent-Ended that War of 1812
Effects
Nationalism increased
Native American resistance to westward expansion weakened
Manufacturing grew
Started the Industrial Revolution in America

3. Urbanization & Industrialization
Urbanization- The population moves from rural areas to cities (urban areas) in an effort to find better opportunities or jobs.
Industrialization- The use of factories to create goods. Factories and transportation systems are created. The population moves from farming to manufacturing.
You have to have both events happing at the same time. One cannot occur by itself.

4. Innovations during the Industrial Revolution
Textile Factories – Used machines to produce cloth in large quantities, increasing U.S. cloth production and sales (Samuel Slater)
Bessemer steel process – process for making cheap steel that made America the top producer of steel in the world.
Interchangeable Parts – made production of goods cheaper and easier by speeding up manufacturing process (Eli Whitney)
Railroads – Connected new western areas to eastern coastal urban centers
Telegraph – Instantly connected distant parts of United States through electronic communication (Samuel F. B. Morse)
Steamboat – revolutionized transportation by traveling against the current, opened the West, improved movement of goods (Robert Fulton)
Cotton Gin – increased cotton production (Eli Whitney)
Steamboat – increased trade, faster and cheaper goods
Cotton Gin – increased need for slave labor on plantations
Factory system – explosion of urban growth in the 19th century – brought problems with sewage, water, slums, safety, etc.
Telegraph – brought people in distant places into instant contact with other areas
Steel plow and reaper 1830s – turned mid-West into the bread basket of the nation: transportation revolution allowed mass marketing of Western produce

5. Effects of the Industrial Revolution on the regions of the United States
The Industrial Revolution occurred in the Northern portion of the United states because:
The North had the resources (rivers, coal)
Farming wasn’t profitable in the North
Willing to invest their capital in industry
The Industrial Revolution was ignored in the Southern portion of the United States because:
The plantation system developed in the south
Slave labor was used by the planter class
Climate and soil in the South were conducive to large farming (cheap labor source required)
The Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western portion of the United states because:
The small population in the western states wanted the expansion of the transportation system to encourage westward expansion

6. Effects of the Industrial Revolution on the population of America
Women-For the first time women were employed in large numbers outside the homestead. This increased the desire for women suffrage (voting) and equality. The Women suffrage movement (voting) began during this period.
Chinese Immigrants- China was a rural nation in the 1800s and a large group of immigrants moved to America to gain wealth and the desire for a better life. They were employed as railroad workers (The transcontinental rail road) and gold miners/prospectors in the western half of the United States.
Irish Immigrants-There was a large movement of the Irish population to American due to the potato famine in the 1840s. They were employed as factory workers in the eastern half of the United States.