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Industrial Revolution By: Joey Fisher Brendan Helferty Michal Kaufman Maia Baird Emily Zahn
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Industrial Revolution Started an ongoing effort to increase products by machines There were many new inventions, which increased profits Steam engine was used to pump water out of mines, run machines, and other tasks
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Industrial Revolution Samuel Slater –He brought sketches to America of machines –Sketches turned out to be great inventions
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Industrial Revolution Eli Whitney –Made 10,000 guns in 2 years –Made guns with interchangeable parts –He also made the cotton gin
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Industrial Revolution Cotton Gin –1 person could make 1,000 pounds of cotton every day –The profit per pound of cotton increased –There was a heavy increase in slave population
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Industrial Revolution Transportation –First roads were made by cutting trees –They eventually rebuilt roads and put tolls along them –They could also now could boat up stream with the tugboat
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Industrial Revolution Communication –New ways of communication Post offices News Papers Magazines
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Industrial Revolution Helped out businesses –Started market revolution Economy restored –Many people transferred to manufacturing – Free enterphase system Economy system in which private companies compete for food
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Industrial Revolution Many people transferred to manufacturing –Manufacturing became the backbone of the economy
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Industrial Revolution Working outside the home –Many young Americans, especially in the NE, turned away from farming –Factory owners gathered together to make the maximum amount of products Specialization –System in which each worker performs one part of an entire production process
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Industrial Revolution Rise of shopping –Products rolled out of factories at astonishing rates –Americans began to shop, people bought fabric instead of spinning their own thread
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Industrial Revolution Rise of banking –Many banks paid people who were unable to pay them back (lost lots of money) –Coins, not paper money, were used –Bank note Piece of paper which banks issue
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