Chapter 12, Section 1 – The Industrial Revolution in America
... In the early 1700s making goods depended on the hard work of humans and animals. It had been that way for hundreds of years. Then new technology brought a change so radical that it is called a revolution. It began in Great Britain and soon spread to the United States. ...
... In the early 1700s making goods depended on the hard work of humans and animals. It had been that way for hundreds of years. Then new technology brought a change so radical that it is called a revolution. It began in Great Britain and soon spread to the United States. ...
Industrialization/Big Business/Labor Unions
... • With the end of the Civil War, American industry expanded and millions of people left their farms to work in mines and factories. • By the early 1900s, the U.S. had become the world’s largest leading industrial nation. By 1914 the GNP, was eight times greater than at the end of the Civil War. • Wh ...
... • With the end of the Civil War, American industry expanded and millions of people left their farms to work in mines and factories. • By the early 1900s, the U.S. had become the world’s largest leading industrial nation. By 1914 the GNP, was eight times greater than at the end of the Civil War. • Wh ...
Main Ideas
... • The first breakthrough in the Industrial Revolution was in how textiles, or cloth goods, were made. • Richard Arkwright, an Englishman, invented a spinning machine in 1769 called the water frame, which replaced hand spinning. • The water frame used flowing water as a source of power. – Could produ ...
... • The first breakthrough in the Industrial Revolution was in how textiles, or cloth goods, were made. • Richard Arkwright, an Englishman, invented a spinning machine in 1769 called the water frame, which replaced hand spinning. • The water frame used flowing water as a source of power. – Could produ ...
Industrial Revolution - Jefferson School District
... • The first breakthrough in the Industrial Revolution was in how textiles, or cloth goods, were made. • Richard Arkwright, an Englishman, invented a spinning machine in 1769 called the water frame, which replaced hand spinning. • The water frame used flowing water as a source of power. – Could produ ...
... • The first breakthrough in the Industrial Revolution was in how textiles, or cloth goods, were made. • Richard Arkwright, an Englishman, invented a spinning machine in 1769 called the water frame, which replaced hand spinning. • The water frame used flowing water as a source of power. – Could produ ...
Chapter 4, Lesson 2 The rise of Big Business
... The railroads needed steel to build trains and tracks. By 1893 the U.S. had more than 160,000 miles of railroad track! Railroads were the first large corporations. A Corporation is a business that is owned by investors. ...
... The railroads needed steel to build trains and tracks. By 1893 the U.S. had more than 160,000 miles of railroad track! Railroads were the first large corporations. A Corporation is a business that is owned by investors. ...
unit 5 ericka - Cobb Learning
... -Ellis Island Immigrant Station located in New York Harbor was opened in 1892 -By 1924 the station had processed 12 million immigrants -By some estimates 40% of all Americans today can trace their port of entry back to Ellis Island ...
... -Ellis Island Immigrant Station located in New York Harbor was opened in 1892 -By 1924 the station had processed 12 million immigrants -By some estimates 40% of all Americans today can trace their port of entry back to Ellis Island ...
Inventors and Their Inventions (Teacher Key)
... someone from any location.) 1. The cotton gin and musket invented by Eli Whitney: Possible answer: The invention of the cotton gin made it easier to separate the cotton seed from its fibers. This made cotton more profitable for the landowner, increased the need for slaves in the South and strengthen ...
... someone from any location.) 1. The cotton gin and musket invented by Eli Whitney: Possible answer: The invention of the cotton gin made it easier to separate the cotton seed from its fibers. This made cotton more profitable for the landowner, increased the need for slaves in the South and strengthen ...
SOL STUDY GUIDE USII.2 -
... The railroad linked the Atlantic & Pacific coasts & opened the vast interior to people who wanted to settle there. The railroad made trade between different parts of the country easier, encouraging industrial and economic growth. ...
... The railroad linked the Atlantic & Pacific coasts & opened the vast interior to people who wanted to settle there. The railroad made trade between different parts of the country easier, encouraging industrial and economic growth. ...
Chapter 8
... Immigrated to U.S. from Britain bringing with him knowledge of how to build machines even though Parliament had passed a law making it illegal to leave the country with mill machines or plans The first successful textile mill in the United States was established in 1790 at Pawtucket, Rhode Island ...
... Immigrated to U.S. from Britain bringing with him knowledge of how to build machines even though Parliament had passed a law making it illegal to leave the country with mill machines or plans The first successful textile mill in the United States was established in 1790 at Pawtucket, Rhode Island ...
Industrial Revolution 44 - White Plains Public Schools
... nation was still largely a farming country when the Civil War erupted. Out of a population of more than 30 million, only 1.3 million Americans worked in industry in 1860. After the Civil War, industry rapidly expanded, and millions of Americans left their farms to work in mines and factories. By the ...
... nation was still largely a farming country when the Civil War erupted. Out of a population of more than 30 million, only 1.3 million Americans worked in industry in 1860. After the Civil War, industry rapidly expanded, and millions of Americans left their farms to work in mines and factories. By the ...
Key Concept 6.1 - tamaquaapushistory
... • This event occurred located at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and it was a massacre that left about 200 Indians as well as 29 soldiers. • Causes: The ‘Ghost Dance” was outlawed by the government and disagreement on the Dawes Act. • It is suspected by historians that the soldiers started the ba ...
... • This event occurred located at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and it was a massacre that left about 200 Indians as well as 29 soldiers. • Causes: The ‘Ghost Dance” was outlawed by the government and disagreement on the Dawes Act. • It is suspected by historians that the soldiers started the ba ...
The United States Industrializes - B.Brown US History Class Website
... In many ways, the United States practiced laissez-faire economics in the late 1800s. State and federal governments kept taxes and spending low. They did not impose costly regulations on industry or try to control wages and prices. In the late 1800s, the United States was also one of the largest free ...
... In many ways, the United States practiced laissez-faire economics in the late 1800s. State and federal governments kept taxes and spending low. They did not impose costly regulations on industry or try to control wages and prices. In the late 1800s, the United States was also one of the largest free ...
File - Mr. Dunn`s History Class
... Prohibited rebates and pools and required the railroads to publish their rates openly Most important it set up the Interstate Commerce Commission It was the first large scale attempt by Washington to regulate business in the interest of society at large Do you think Cleveland like this? No h ...
... Prohibited rebates and pools and required the railroads to publish their rates openly Most important it set up the Interstate Commerce Commission It was the first large scale attempt by Washington to regulate business in the interest of society at large Do you think Cleveland like this? No h ...
Chapter 12 PowerPoint
... Greater demand for manufactured goods As agricultural production and roads improved, cities expanded and populations grew ...
... Greater demand for manufactured goods As agricultural production and roads improved, cities expanded and populations grew ...
PPT: Industrialization in the Gilded Age
... 1. Wealthy Europeans and Americans invested in American industrial enterprises. 2. Government used high tariffs to protect American businesses from foreign competition. 3. Railroads opened up national markets to manufacturers. 4. The United States had abundant natural resources. 5. A continuous flow ...
... 1. Wealthy Europeans and Americans invested in American industrial enterprises. 2. Government used high tariffs to protect American businesses from foreign competition. 3. Railroads opened up national markets to manufacturers. 4. The United States had abundant natural resources. 5. A continuous flow ...
9-1
... It adopted policies to help industry. B. Since the early 1800s, the northeastern states and southern states debated on economic policies. Northerners wanted high tariffs to protect their industries from foreign competition. Southerners opposed tariffs to keep the cost of imported goods down. The Civ ...
... It adopted policies to help industry. B. Since the early 1800s, the northeastern states and southern states debated on economic policies. Northerners wanted high tariffs to protect their industries from foreign competition. Southerners opposed tariffs to keep the cost of imported goods down. The Civ ...
Themes of the Young Nation Period
... were able to ship more goods further west. This encouraged more people to move to the West because they could get the goods they wanted. Changes in agriculture helped the industrial development in the North. Improved steel plows, the cotton gin, and the grain-reaping machine helped farmers in the We ...
... were able to ship more goods further west. This encouraged more people to move to the West because they could get the goods they wanted. Changes in agriculture helped the industrial development in the North. Improved steel plows, the cotton gin, and the grain-reaping machine helped farmers in the We ...
Name: Date: Period: Chapter 10 Study Guide 1. At the time it was
... return all lands to the Native Americans enact more restrictive naturalization laws increased aid to education so voters would be literate make immigrants feel this was their home ...
... return all lands to the Native Americans enact more restrictive naturalization laws increased aid to education so voters would be literate make immigrants feel this was their home ...
Chapter 7 Section 1 Industry and Transportation
... • In the 1820s, Lowell built his own factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. • He employed young single girls from area farms. • Lowell girls lived in closely supervised boarding houses with strict rules. After several years, most married. Technology changed how people worked and lived. • Work was d ...
... • In the 1820s, Lowell built his own factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. • He employed young single girls from area farms. • Lowell girls lived in closely supervised boarding houses with strict rules. After several years, most married. Technology changed how people worked and lived. • Work was d ...
Outline Chapter 18 – The Rise of Industrial America
... ii) Most people quit the workplace rather than try to reform it e) People tried to organize labor i) Businesses did whatever they could to prevent labor organization (1) Lockouts (2) Blacklisting (3) Yellow-dog Contracts (4) Private Guards (5) Court Injunctions ii) Different organizations were made ...
... ii) Most people quit the workplace rather than try to reform it e) People tried to organize labor i) Businesses did whatever they could to prevent labor organization (1) Lockouts (2) Blacklisting (3) Yellow-dog Contracts (4) Private Guards (5) Court Injunctions ii) Different organizations were made ...
Technological and industrial history of the United States
The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States' emergence as one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world. The availability of land and literate labor, the absence of a landed aristocracy, the prestige of entrepreneurship, the diversity of climate and a large easily accessed upscale and literate free market all contributed to America's rapid industrialisation. The availability of capital, development by the free market of navigable rivers, and coastal waterways, and the abundance of natural resources facilitated the cheap extraction of energy all contributed to America's rapid industrialization. Fast transport by the very large railroad built in the mid-19th century, and the Interstate Highway System built in the late 20th century, enlarged the markets and reducing shipping and production costs. The legal system facilitated business operations and guaranteed contracts. Cut off from Europe by the embargo and the British blockade in the War of 1812 (1807–15), entrepreneurs opened factories in the Northeast that set the stage for rapid industrialization modeled on British innovations.From its emergence as an independent nation, the United States has encouraged science and innovation. As a result, the United States has been the birthplace of 161 of Britannica's 321 Greatest Inventions, including items such as the airplane, internet, microchip, laser, cellphone, refrigerator, email, microwave, personal computer, Liquid-crystal display and light-emitting diode technology, air conditioning, assembly line, supermarket, bar code, electric motor, automated teller machine, and many more.The early technological and industrial development in the United States was facilitated by a unique confluence of geographical, social, and economic factors. The relative lack of workers kept United States wages nearly always higher than corresponding British and European workers and provided an incentive to mechanize some tasks. The United States population had some semi-unique advantages in that they were former British subjects, had high English literacy skills, for that period (over 80% in New England), had strong British institutions, with some minor American modifications, of courts, laws, right to vote, protection of property rights and in many cases personal contacts among the British innovators of the Industrial Revolution. They had a good basic structure to build on. Another major advantage, which the British lacked, was no inherited aristocratic institutions. The eastern seaboard of the United States, with a great number of rivers and streams along the Atlantic seaboard, provided many potential sites for constructing textile mills necessary for early industrialization. The technology and information on how to build a textile industry was largely provided by Samuel Slater (1768–1835) who emigrated to New England in 1789. He had studied and worked in British textile mills for a number of years and immigrated to the United States, despite restrictions against it, to try his luck with U.S. manufacturers who were trying to set up a textile industry. He was offered a full partnership if he could succeed—he did. A vast supply of natural resources, the technological knowledge on how to build and power the necessary machines along with a labor supply of mobile workers, often unmarried females, all aided early industrialization. The broad knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and Scientific revolution helped facilitate understanding for the construction and invention of new manufacturing businesses and technologies. A limited government that would allow them to succeed or fail on their own merit helped.After the close of the American Revolution in 1783, the new government continued the strong property rights established under British rule and established a rule of law necessary to protect those property rights. The idea of issuing patents was incorporated into Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution authorizing Congress ""to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. The invention of the Cotton Gin by American Eli Whitney made cotton potentially a cheap and readily available resource in the United States for use in the new textile industry.One of the real impetuses for United States entering the Industrial Revolution was the passage of the Embargo Act of 1807, the War of 1812 (1812–1814) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) which cut off supplies of new and cheaper Industrial revolution products from Britain. The lack of access to these goods all provided a strong incentive to learn how to develop the industries and to make their own goods instead of simply buying the goods produced by Britain.Modern productivity researchers have shown that the period in which the greatest economic and technological progress occurred was between the last half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. During this period the nation was transformed from an agricultural economy to the foremost industrial power in the world, with more than a third of the global industrial output. This can be illustrated by the index of total industrial production, which increased from 4.29 in 1790 to 1,975.00 in 1913, an increase of 460 times (base year 1850 - 100).American colonies gained independence in 1783 just as profound changes in industrial production and coordination were beginning to shift production from artisans to factories. Growth of the nation's transportation infrastructure with internal improvements and a confluence of technological innovations before the Civil War facilitated an expansion in organization, coordination, and scale of industrial production. Around the turn of the 20th century, American industry had superseded its European counterparts economically and the nation began to assert its military power. Although the Great Depression challenged its technological momentum, America emerged from it and World War II as one of two global superpowers. In the second half of the 20th century, as the United States was drawn into competition with the Soviet Union for political, economic, and military primacy, the government invested heavily in scientific research and technological development which spawned advances in spaceflight, computing, and biotechnology.Science, technology, and industry have not only profoundly shaped America's economic success, but have also contributed to its distinct political institutions, social structure, educational system, and cultural identity. American values of limited government, meritocracy, entrepreneurship, and self-sufficiency are drawn from its legacy of pioneering technical advances.