1. Chapter 12 : The North Section 1: The Industrial Revolution in America
Fill in the boxes below with information about the Industrial Revolution.
What were 3 conditions that led to the Industrial Revolution? 1. 2. 3.
How did machines speed up textile manufacturing?
New Machines and Processes
Textile Mills
Interchangeable Parts
Summarize Samuel Slater’s story:
How did Eli Whitney change the way muskets were made? Be specific.
Manufacturing Grows Slowly
List 3 reasons why early manufacturing grew slowly in the United States
List 3 reasons how the War of 1812 boosted American Manufacturing.

2. Chapter 12 Section 2: Changes in Working Life
Mills Change Workers Lives
Answer the questions in each of the boxes below.
What was the major problem Slater faced in the mills?
Why did most people think it was ok for children to work in the mills?
What was the Rhode Island System?
The Lowell System
What was life like for girls in the mills?
Why would young women have wanted to work in the mills?
Trade Unions
Workers Organize
Sarah G. Bagley
Define:
Why didn’t employers want to hire union workers?
Strikes?
Title:
Main goals: 1) 2)
Union Successes:
Union Failures:

3. Chapter 12 Section 3: The Transportation Revolution
Steamboats
Write 3 important details about the Steamboat Era: 1) 2) 3)
What was significant about Gibbons v. Ogden?
American Railroads
1840: __________ miles of track.
Major challenges faced in building railroads:
1860: ___________ miles of track.
Transportation Revolution Brings Changes
A New Fuel
Fill in the boxes to show how each item led for greater demand of the next.
Effects of Railroads
Deforestation: give 3 reasons why deforestation increased. 1) 2) 3)
COAL
STEEL
RAILROADS

4. Chapter 12 Section 4: More Technological Advances
For each of the pictures below, use your textbook to fill in all the information, then answer the question at the bottom of the page.
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Of all the inventions on this page, which do you think had the greatest effect on the daily lives of Americans, why?
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