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Chapter 11Chapter 11
National & Regional National & Regional GrowthGrowth
or Theor The ““Era of Good Era of Good
FeelingsFeelings”?”? (1816 - (1816 -1824)1824)
Chapter 11Chapter 11
National & Regional National & Regional GrowthGrowth
or Theor The ““Era of Good Era of Good
FeelingsFeelings”?”? (1816 - (1816 -1824)1824)
Today’s Learning Target: Ch.11.1
Analyze how the Industrial Revolution transforms the American economy & society
National & Regional Growth Map Activity
1. Wheeling and Vandalia2. Hudson River3. Lake Erie and the Ohio River4. Toledo and Cincinnati5. Erie Canal and Pennsylvania Canal6. Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, and Buffalo7. Possible answer: merchant might send the goods up the Hudson River to Albany
and then west along the Erie Canal to Buffalo
Read, “One American’s Story” p. 365
Now, examine the diagram of the New England textile mill p. 370
What do you notice about the mill?
What might working conditions be like in these mills?
Read, “Factories Rise in New England” p. 366
Industry develops & transforms America
Late 1700s 1790 After 1790
18011813 1830s
Industrial Revolution begins
in Britain as factories start to
replace hand tools
Samuel Slater builds first American
spinning mill & uses children as
labor
Spinning mill owners begin to
use entire families for labor
Eli Whitney demonstrates the
use of interchangeable
parts
Francis Cabot Lowell builds a
factory that spins yarn & weaves
cloth from it
Factories begin to replace water
power with steam engines
Early inventions change the way Americans do things
1807 1830 1831
18361837 1844
Robert Fulton launches the first
steamship the Clermont, on the
Hudson River
Peter Cooper builds the first
successful steam-powered
locomotive
Cyrus McCormick gains instant success by designing a
mechanical reaper
Blacksmith John Deere invents a lightweight plow
with a steel cutting edge
Samuel F.B. Morse invents the telegraph
First long-distance telegraph line
carries news from Baltimore to
Washington D.C.
Invention ImportanceTextile Mills
Interchangeable Parts
Steamboat
Telegraph
Steel plow
MechanicalReaper
Threshing Machine
Invention ImportanceTextile Mills
Interchangeable Parts
Steamboat
Telegraph
Steel plow
MechanicalReaper
Threshing Machine
Brought workers, machines, & resources underone roof – transforms work.
Parts are the same so assembly is faster
Make travel upstream faster, easier
Stronger, cuts better, faster.
Cuts grain and makes harvesting faster
Separates grain from stalk – harvesting is faster
Communication is almost instant, links the nation
American Industrial Revolution
• Economic change in America (farming to manufacturing)
• Factory machines replaced hand tools
• Large scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.
Factory System
• Production system that brought workers & machines under one roof• Built near a source of water power• eventually used steam power• Workers left farms & moved to cities• Work for wages•First factories were in New England
I’m a Factory Girl Filled with Wishes
I’m a Factory Girl Filled with WishesI'm a factory girlI'm a factory girl
Everyday filled with fearEveryday filled with fearFrom breathing in the poison airFrom breathing in the poison airWishing for windows!Wishing for windows!I'm a factory girlI'm a factory girlTired from the 13 hours of work each dayTired from the 13 hours of work each dayAnd we have such low payAnd we have such low payWishing for shorten work times!Wishing for shorten work times!I'm a factory girlI'm a factory girlNever having enough time to eatNever having enough time to eatNor to rest my feetNor to rest my feetWishing for more free time!Wishing for more free time!I'm a factory girlI'm a factory girlSick of all this harsh conditionsSick of all this harsh conditionsMaking me want to sign the petition!Making me want to sign the petition!So do what I ask for because I am a factory So do what I ask for because I am a factory girlgirlAnd I'm hereby speaking for all the rest!And I'm hereby speaking for all the rest!
Eli Whitney’s Gun FactoryEli Whitney’s Gun Factory
Interchangeable Parts RifleInterchangeable Parts Rifle
First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA
First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA
By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.connected most major cities.
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791
Actually Actually invented by a invented by a
slave!slave!