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Why do you live in Lansdale? Think about when you first moved to this area What pulled you here? Record 2 pull factors that would cause someone to immigrate to Lansdale, Pa What pushed you away from wherever you lived before? Record 2 push factors that would cause someone to leave their home and emigrate to Lansdale.
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What is Industrialization? Farm Factory Rural Urban
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New Machines transform the TEXTILE industry John Kay – Flying Shuttle James Hargreaves Spinning Jenny Richard Arkwright Waterframe
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Machines transform Farming
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Was A scythe is a tool used by ancient farmers during harvest reaper - a person or machine that harvests a crop
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Became http://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/wheat- harvesting/clip1/
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Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FeHZdi_t 58
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Was
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Became (iron replaces wood) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te3LGO Gp2fs
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Today
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Was
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Became http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lki3jxNL VCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2W9n wwjIkY
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Telegraph lines follow rail tracks
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Was
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Became http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpxq8 mzzw8
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Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxlbneQ eX6o
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Was
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Became http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNYanqY 8QnU
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Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bokySq GdRhM
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Transportation Clipper Ships Steam Locomotive
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“Old Immigration” Before the Civil War, most immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe - England, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia.
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Why do people move? Push Factors: Negative conditions that cause someone to leave their previous residence. Pull Factors: Positive conditions which (real or speculated) that cause someone to come to a new residence.
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PUSH Population growth Agricultural changes Crop Failures Industrial Revolution Religious and Political Turmoil
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PULL Freedom Economic Opportunity Abundant Land
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Factory Labor
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The Factory System Harsh life for workers Harsh life for workers Rigid schedule Rigid schedule Long Hours Long Hours Dangerous conditions Dangerous conditions Mostly employed woman and children Mostly employed woman and children
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Francis Lance, 5 years old, jumps on and off trolleys to sell newspapers. Tony Casale, 11, has been selling newspapers for four years.
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Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. Began at 3:30 AM and worked to 5 PM.
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Workers Organize Trade unions – demand shorter workday, higher wages, better conditions Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (LFLRA) LFLRA
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Discrimination/Prejudice Policy or attitude that denies equal rights to certain groups of people African-Americans in the North and most immigrant groups were denied the vote, the jury box, positions in the gov’t, the army, access to public lands, and public school Limited job opportunities
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Against all odds, some did succeed…
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Nativists Know-Nothing Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_CDJi Yux1A
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Urbanization and Life in the North… (recap) http://education- portal.com/academy/lesson/problems-of- urbanization-and-daily-life-in-the- north.html#lesson http://education- portal.com/academy/lesson/problems-of- urbanization-and-daily-life-in-the- north.html#lesson http://education- portal.com/academy/lesson/problems-of- urbanization-and-daily-life-in-the- north.html#lesson
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Welcome to your new job! The year is 1855, you work in a factory in the North The factory wants to begin producing the countries new trend: Paperclip bracelets! Oh yeah!
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Step 1 – lay out your paperclips Step 2 – attach one, then pass to the next person Step 3 – continue until it reaches the last person – their job is to connect the strand to each other You have 4 minutes to create as many bracelet as you can!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- Ih0JJLoMIg
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