1. The Growth of Industrialism
Unit I
The Growth of Industrialism

2. Unit II title page
Unit II Industrialization – Technology, Urbanization, Immigration, and Labor (5 symbols)

3. Unit II Objectives
Explain the role of infrastructure in the development of the United States
Identify new types of business organization
Analyze organized labor’s response to the issues of industrialization
Evaluate impact of urbanization and resulting problems
Analyze the impact of immigration on American Society

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Write one paragraph explaining how your life would be different if cars, steel, oil, and electricity did not exist?

5. Mass Production Henry Ford made the assembly line famous
Workers assembled vehicles by performing the same task repetitively
Assembly line made manufacturing more efficient
Cars became more affordable and widespread

6. Inventions Thomas Edison – The Light bulb
George Westinghouse – Electricity allowed factories to be built anywhere
Christopher Sholes – The Typewriter
Alexander Graham Bell – The telephone
Both the typewriter and telephone created a new job market for women

7. Listen to Alexander Graham Bell

8. Railroads
Transcontinental Railroad – expanded industry across the United States
Increases movement of resources, products, and people
United the Nation
Americans began settling the west
New towns sprang up along railroad lines

9. Response “Predictions about the industrial Revolution”
Break up into five groups
Each group will receive a political cartoon and individuals will receive worksheets
Work together to fill out cartoon analysis worksheets

10. Cartoon #1

11. Cartoon #2

12. Cartoon #3

13. Cartoon #4

14. Cartoon #5

15. Response 2
Make a prediction about the Industrial Revolution based on your cartoon? (Who will prosper? Who will struggle? Why?)

16. Response
As we continue learning about the Era of Industrialization, think about what you would call our current era in the United States. Write one paragraph describing what you named it and why.