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Today, I will explain how the Industrial Revolution started in the U.S. and how it changed the socio- economical makeup of the country You must complete 10.3-5 Quiz.
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What is the quickest and most efficient way to sharpen a pencil? By hand with a sharp knife, with a handheld sharpener, with a traditional classroom sharpener, or an electric sharpener. Please explain your answer in a minimum of 2 lines. What invention or technology is most important to you and why?
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Iphone ATM (Automated teller machine) DNA testing and sequencing Alternative fuels (wind, solar, etc) Fiber optics (increased communication capacity and TV viewing FIOS) Laparoscopy (non-invasive laser and robotic surgery) Bar codes and scanners (increased trade) Heart surgery GPS Internet (entertainment, information, communication, etc) MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
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The process of transitioning from human or animal power to machines to complete a task. Originates in England starting approximately middle of the 1700s (1760s), eventually spreads throughout the world James Hargreaves: spinning jenny, a machine that could spin several threads (2-4) at once. Richard Arkwright: invented a machine that could spin a 100 threads at once Edmund Cartwright: built a loom powered by water (workers could produce 200 times more cloth than before). FLOCAB Industrial Revolution FLOCAB Industrial Revolution
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Required large sums of $: Investors = Capitalists $ supplied land, labor, and capital *remember this for next year* Factory system: raw materials, workers, and machines under 1 roof (highly efficient and profitable)
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#$talks Samuel Slater memorizes the factory system blueprints Meets Moses Brown (Quaker capitalist) Factory system is developed in the U.S. #Ukswollen
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Lowell Mass, starting in 1813 Lowell girls: Young women that came to the town to live and work. Provided $ for their family and freedom that most young women didn’t get in the early 1800s. Workers were paid little and treated poorly.
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12 hrs a day x 6 days a week = ______ Workers were disposable (you get injured, you got replaced) #coldblooded child labor child labor
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What is the point of this poster? How does it relate to child labor?
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Cities developed around factories, which were often built near water supply. Urbanization People start to move from rural farms to cities, WHY????? Consistent source of $ Pollution and sanitation concerns (diseases spread quickly) Fires (first volunteer fire companies start) Place where newly arriving immigrants would settle. Entertainment: Theaters, museums, shopping, etc. (later sports and parks)
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How were inventors and capitalist needed to bring about the I.R.? How did the building of factories encourage the growth of cities?
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The “North” will industrialize, gain population (rural and foreign), and rely on wage earners. The “South” will continue to be agrarian based, limited population growth, and rely heavily on slave labor.
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