Early Industrial Revolution1765 -1860

Cause & Effect

What role did the War of 1812 play in America’s Industrial Revolution?

Life in the 1800’s

Travel Communications Live Work Play/Luxury

Sod house on the plains – 1911.

How did the War of 1812 help launch the I.R. in the US? Before the war we bought almost all our finished

goods from England up During the war the British blockaded our coast

and refused to sell us any finished goods, forced America to begin to build factories and make its own manufactured (or finished) goods.

South forced to sell raw materials to the North, and buy finished goods from the North

After the war we continued to build factories and produce finished goods.

John Deere’s Plow

John Deere’s Plow

What were some of the causes and effects of this?

How did this change America?

What do you notice in this picture? What room is this?

What are they doing in this 1912 picture?

Key Negative Effects

Increased pollution Took land away from Native Americans Increased internal & external conflict(s) Child Labor Increased the divide between laborers and wealthy. Longer working hours for many people. Helped bring about the Civil War Factories produced more pollution Changed the family structure

Key Benefits to America Growth in population through immigration Economy shifted from a barter economy to a cash economy. Country expanded rapidly to the Pacific Ocean Shifted from an agricultural nation to an industrial one We became a more tolerant nation (of other races) Helped end slavery Helped to give women the right to vote Better standard of living People began to live longer More educated population Nation became more powerful Development of the Middle Class