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Industrial Revolution Chapter 7
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2 Parts of the Industrial Revolution Began in GB – 1700s Transportation Steamboats Roads and Canals Railroads Machinery Cotton Mills
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American System I Henry Clay 1. Tariff of 1816 – High tariffs Pay for roads/ canals 2. infrastructure – roads and canals Connect Atlantic states w/ Midwest National Road & Erie Canal 3. 2 nd National Bank
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Clay
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National Road
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Erie Canal 363 miles – NY State to Lake Erie NYC- greatest commercial center Watch America: The Story of US
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Erie Canal
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Steamboats Robert Fulton – designed 1st comm. steamboat Clermont Could travel upstream Read pg. 229
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Railroads 1820s in the US Replaced canals Quicker, easier to move people/goods Cheaper!!! Read pg. 230
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Textile Mills 1 st industry affected by IR Samuel Slater – brought the technology to build textile mills to US Water powered mills
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Textile Mill
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Slater’s Mill – location?
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Lowell Factory Francis Cabot Lowell – factory system -make cloth Mass. All parts of the process in 1 building Used “Lowell Girls” young, single girls
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Lowell Girls
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Eli Whitney Inventor Interchangeable parts – identical components that could be used in place of another muskets Cotton gin – separated seed from cotton More, cheaper cotton slavery Read pg. 237
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Interchangeable Parts
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Forrest Gump http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Xw 3UvKfcE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Xw 3UvKfcE
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Cotton Gin
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Cotton Gin – Kept Slavery Alive
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Cotton is mainly grown in this area King Cotton – slaves grow and pick raw cotton – send it to mills Textile Mills mainly in this area New England
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Other Inventions Samuel F.B. Morse – telegraph Elias Howe – sewing machine Improved by Isaac Singer John Deere – steel plow Cyrus McCormick – mechanical reaper
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Morse Telegraph
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Elias Howe
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Deere- Steel Plow
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McCormick – mechanical reaper
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Old School
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