Chapter 13, Sections 1,2. The Industrial Revolution and Working Life.
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Transcript of Chapter 13, Sections 1,2. The Industrial Revolution and Working Life.
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Chapter 13, Sections 1,2.
The Industrial Revolution and Working Life.
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The Industrial RevolutionMore successful and widespread in the
North.
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Samuel Slater
Brought technical knowledge from
Britain and helped start a
textile mill.
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Manufacturing
Eli Whitney failed to make rifles, but he developed Interchangeable Parts.
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Mass ProductionThe efficient production of large
numbers of identical goods.
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The Industrial Revolution spread more quickly across Britain than in
through the US.
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Samuel Slater
Hired entire families to work in his factories.
Children were used for simple tasks,
and paid less.
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Francis Cabot Lowell
Hired young, unmarried women from local farms to work in his factory. They were referred to as the “Lowell Girls”.
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Wave of Immigration
Immigrants to America drove the price of labor lower than ever, and displaced the Lowell girls.
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Trade Unions are organizations created by workers to improve
working conditions.
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Labor Action
The early strikes went poorly because the courts and police supported the companies.
Union membership therefore rose slowly.
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Sarah Bagley
• A union leader who worked for a ten-hour workday.