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Objectives:
● 7.01- Assess the degree to which discoveries,
innovations, and technologies, have accelerated,
change.
● 7.03- Examine the causes and effects of
industrialization and cite its major costs and benefits.
Industrialization in the US
● Starts with textiles
● Samuel Slater
● Moses Brown
● First factory, Pawtucket Rhode Island
Factory Towns
● Lowell, Mass
● Young single women
● The company owned everything
Causes of America’s Boom
● LLC
● Natural resources
● Inventions
● Growing immigration
● RR’s
Expansion of RR
Rise of Corporations
● Corporations- owned by stockholders
who share in the profits, able to raise
money
● Stock-rights of ownership
Titans of
Industry
in
America
Vanderbilt
● Railroads
Morgan
● Banking
Rockefeller
● Standard Oil
Carnegie
● Carnegie Steel Company
Continental Europe
● More by region than country
● Physical and political obstacles
● Belgium
● Textiles
● Germany
● Coal, RR’s
Impact of Industrialization
Growing gap between wealthy and poor
2. Colonies are exploited
3. Imperialism would follow
4. Transformation of society
1.
Review Q’s
● What early industries mechanized in the United
States?
Review Q’s
● “Country girls were naturally independent, and the
feeling that at this new work the few hours they had
of everyday leisure were entirely their was a
satisfaction to them. They preferred it to going out as
hired help. It was like a young man going into
business for himself. Girls had never tried that
experiment before, and they liked it.”
● Lucy Lacrom
● Do you think her feelings about working in the mills
are typical? Why or why not?
Review Q’s
● Why do you think Britain was unable to keep
industrial secrets away from other countries?
Review Q’s
● What was the most significant impact of the
Industrial Revolution? Support your answer.