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INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE NORTH (1790-1860)

Chapter 13. INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE NORTH (1790-1860). Section 1: The Industrial Revolution and America Section 2: Changes in Working Life Section 3: The Transportation Revolution Section 4: More Technological Advances. Section 1: The Industrial Revolution and America. OBJECTIVES.

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INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE NORTH (1790-1860)

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  1. Chapter 13 INDUSTRIAL GROWTHIN THE NORTH(1790-1860) Section 1: The Industrial Revolutionand America Section 2: Changes in Working Life Section 3: The Transportation Revolution Section 4: More Technological Advances

  2. Section 1: The IndustrialRevolution and America OBJECTIVES • How did Samuel Slater contribute to the growth of the textile industry in the Northeast? • How did Eli Whitney’s ideas benefit manufacturing? • How did events before and during the War of 1812 aid the growth of manufacturing and free enterprise in the United States?

  3. Section 1: The IndustrialRevolution and America Samuel Slater Samuel Slater improved the textile industry, which led to large profits and the building of textile mills.

  4. Section 1: The IndustrialRevolution and America Eli Whitney Eli Whitney improved the manufacturing industry in two ways: • interchangeable parts • mass production

  5. Section 1: The IndustrialRevolution and America The War of 1812 The War of 1812 aided free enterprise and manufacturing by encouraging Americans to buy from American manufacturers and encouraging industrial growth.

  6. Section 2: Changes in Working Life OBJECTIVES • How were the Rhode Island system and the Lowell system different? • In what ways did the introduction of factories influence the daily life of workers in the northeastern United States? • How did Sarah G. Bagley and other reformers contribute to the early labor-union movement?

  7. Section 2: Changes in Working Life The Rhode Island and Lowell Systems • Rhode Island System • Hired entire families • Divided factory work into simple tasks • Lowell System • Hired young, unmarried women • Built looms that could weave thread and spin cloth in the mill

  8. Section 2: Changes in Working Life Influence of Factorieson the Northeast United States • new wave of immigration • bad working conditions • trade unions formed • strikes • labor reform

  9. Section 2: Changes in Working Life Sarah G. Bagley Sarah G. Bagley and other labor reformers fought for a l0-hour workday.

  10. Section 3: The Transportation Revolution OBJECTIVES • How did the Transportation Revolution change life in the United States? • What was the effect of the Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden? • How did the growth of railroads benefit the nation?

  11. Section 3: The Transportation Revolution The Transportation Revolution: • greater speed and convenience in travel • expanded free enterprise • reduced shipping time and cost • led to development of new towns • steamboat ferry service • encouraged settlers to move to the Midwest

  12. Section 3: The Transportation Revolution Gibbons v. Ogden Gibbons v. Ogden(1824) – Supreme Court ruling that federal law has priority over equivalent state law; expanded definition of interstate commerce

  13. Section 3: The Transportation Revolution Growth of American Railroad • made travel easier and faster • aided economy and trade/lowered prices for consumers • linked cities in Eastern U.S. and helped other cities grow

  14. Section 4: More Technological Advances OBJECTIVES • What ideas did Samuel Morse draw upon in order to invent the telegraph? • How did new developments benefit factory and farm work? • What new inventions did Cyrus McCormick and Isaac Singer develop?

  15. Section 4: More Technological Advances Samuel Morse Samuel Morse combined electricity and magnetism to invent the telegraph.

  16. Section 4: More Technological Advances New Developments Benefit Factory and Farm Workers • factories could be built anywhere • low labor and shipping costs • movement from rural to urban areas and to the west • growth of machine-tool industry • made planting and harvesting easier

  17. Section 4: More Technological Advances Inventors • Cyrus McCormick – reaper • Isaac Singer – sewing machine

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