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Industrial Revolution Comes to America
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the last half of the 18th century. Many of the
goods produced in England’s factories found their way into the hands of American consumers.
By the late 18th and early 19th century the Industrial Revolution was beginning to make it way to
our shores.
1. Who is Samuel Slater? What role does he play in the start of the Industrial Revolution?
2. What is free enterprise? How did it help the Industrial Revolution start and spread in the
U.S.?
3. What are textiles? What role did they play in the Industrial Revolution?
Transportation (2) must be different types of transportation
Invention
Inventor
Date
Purpose of invention
Replaced what
Communication
Invention
Purpose
Replaced
Inventor
Date
Agriculture (3) should involve actually working with planting or harvesting of crops
Invention
Inventor
Date
Purpose
Replaced
Manufacturing (3) involves the process of turning raw materials in to something
Invention
Inventor
Date
Purpose
Replaced
4. What connection exists between transportation innovation and communication innovation?
5. What 2 inventions had the greatest impact on the American economy? (hint: they were
invented by the same person) Explain how the North and the South were each affected by these
inventions.
6. What is the connection between geography and factory location?
7. Why are the new agricultural inventions going to make it possible for more labor in factories?