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Learning targets for today. I can explain the roles Samuel Slater and Eli Whitney had in the Industrial Rev in the US I can explain what the factory system is I can discuss how Industrial Revolution changed the US. Factories.
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Learning targets for today • I can explain the roles Samuel Slater and Eli Whitney had in the Industrial Rev in the US • I can explain what the factory system is • I can discuss how Industrial Revolution changed the US.
Factories • Samuel Slater- memorized plans for a factory in England. Snuck out of England and came to America. Started factory in Rhode Island. • Why the North- need fast flowing rivers to run the machines. Southern rivers were slow moving • Factory System- Bringing workers and machines together under one building
Why build in the North • need fast flowing rivers to run the machines. Southern rivers were slow moving • Now jobs are available in the North. Those people in the south that do not own land or looking for something better head North • The population in the South declines. The people that stay are those with either small farms or plantations or businesses
Interchangeable parts- • - Invented by Eli Whitney. Parts are built exactly alike. • This helps with the building and maintenance of goods. • Do not need “specialized” parts or skilled workers to replace or build them
Industrial Revolution- • Using “new tech” to make and build goods at a higher Volume. • Replaced the “old” production method of 1 person 1 thing. • In the US manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
Working at the Mill • Slater starts the 1st textile mill in the US. • Lowell 1st to use women as workers • Brought about the factory system ( workers and machines under 1 roof) • located in N.E. to start because of the fast moving rivers
Harnessing steam • Using steam to run engines in machines. • Steamboat could be used to travel up and down rivers/waterways much quicker than sailing ships. • Trains used to get materials and goods to and from areas that boats could not reach. • Could carry larger amounts of cargo then steamships.
Telegraph • quick communications between places over any distance. • Electrical pulses were used to make letters which in turn would spell out the message. • Invented by Samuel Morse.
Technology • Using the new ideas to make life “easier”. Machines such as the mechanical reaper/thresher are making the jobs easier for the workers.