Opening Question: Who were the first factory workers in America during the Industrial Age?

Opening Question: Who were the first factory workers in America during the Industrial Age?Class 30Industrialization1Hope everyone had a great Spring Break! Which of these best characterizes your Spring Break?

Kicked back at the beach (or lake, mountain etc.)Went homeDid a service trip School workNothingBirmingham, AlabamaNickname: Magic City

Bombingham (16th Street Baptist Church)

AnnouncementsM Mar 24GML, chapter 10, democracy in americaW Mar 26ATF, Chapter 6, Jacksons frontier and turnersATF response opportunity (you can do a maximum of four of these for credit)F Mar 28No REadingM Mar 31GML, chapter 11, the peculiar instituTionW Apr 2GML, chapter 12, an age of reformF Apr 4no readingHistorical site/museum visit one-page report

M Apr 7gml, chapter 13, a house divided W Apr 9ATF, chapter 7, the madness of john brownATF response opportunity (you can do a maximum of four of these for credit)F Apr 11gml, chapter 14, a new birth of freedom: the civil warM Apr 14No ReadingW Apr 16No readingF Apr 18TEst 3Test 3Test results:Average grade 78/79(I added one extra right question for everyone)Five people made 100 points or over Congratulations! Museum Assignment

Due Friday April 4

Go to a museum or historical site that is about early America. Write a one-page report about what you saw and experienced there. There are no rules about how to write this report consider this a think piece or a review in which you observe what was interesting, what you liked, what you did not like, and so on. The only rule -- besides being original -- is to keep it to ONE PAGE of coherent writing. You can also add a page of visuals if you want to. You NEED to attach your TICKET to the report to receive credit. Below are some suggestions, but you can go to other places too. Check with me if you are not certain. Check websites for up-to-date info, directions, and hours.

Test Practice and Review: Put these transportation revolution events in the correct chronological order

steamboats, toll roads, canals, railroadstoll roads, steamboats, railroads, canalstoll roads, steamboats, canals, railroadssteamboats, toll roads, railroads, canalsWho were the first group of factory workers in America during the Industrial Age?

SlavesFamilies and their childrenWomenPoor white menImmigrantsRailroad Age (1830-1900)

Initially feeder lines to the canals1830-13 miles1840 3325 miles1850 8879 milesInland cities

10Mystery source project

All of these sources are about New England Mill girls. Look through the sources try to figure out what each one is and decide the following question. If you were the father of a mill girl in New England would you want your daughter to work in the mills? Why or why not?YesNoThe Industrial Revolution in England

12Pre-industrial New England

13Post-industrial New England

14Technological changes in cloth manufacturingInnovators:John Kay flying shuttleJames Hargrave spinning jennyRichard Arkwright water frame15Cloth manufacturingStep 1: Picking (pick out seeds etc)

16Step 2: Carding (make into a loose rope)

17Step 3: Spinning (twist the yarn)

18Step 4: Warp (arrange lengthwise)

19Step 5: Weave

20Samuel Slater

21The Rhode Island System

22Slatersville, 1803

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24The transformation of New England:Lowell25Chelmsford in 1821

26Lowell in 1845

27What is different?

28Lowell, Massachusetts, 1832

29Francis Cabot Lowell

30Waltham-Lowell system and vertical integration

31Lowell, Massachusetts

32The mills in history

33The Mill Workers

34Single women

1830-1860 10,000 single women work in factoriesMostly daughters of farmersMost marry stay in urban centers or move west

35More stats (1830-1840)

47 % female80% 15-2990% unmarried85% will marry85% began to work before 25Average employment 4-5 yearsAverage at marriage is 25.2 average number of children 2.2Non mill workers 22.9/2.7

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