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Section 1: The Industrial Revolution and America Section 2: Changes in Working Life

CHAPTER 13. Industrial Growth in the North. Section 1: The Industrial Revolution and America Section 2: Changes in Working Life Section 3: The Transportation Revolution Section 4: More Technological Advances. SECTION 1. The Industrial Revolution and America. Question:

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Section 1: The Industrial Revolution and America Section 2: Changes in Working Life

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  1. CHAPTER 13 Industrial Growth in the North Section 1: The Industrial Revolution and America Section 2: Changes in Working Life Section 3:The Transportation Revolution Section 4:More Technological Advances

  2. SECTION 1 The Industrial Revolution and America Question: How did the innovations and inventions of Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater affect the Industrial Revolution?

  3. SECTION 1 Samuel Slater Innovation Innovation Eli Whitney The Industrial Revolution and America • machine production of cotton thread • successful use of machinery in mills • interchangeable parts • easy to assemble and replace • mass production • goods cost less

  4. SECTION 2 Changes in Working Life Question: In what ways did the daily life of workers change by working in the north-eastern mills?

  5. SECTION 2 Changes in Working Life Types of Workers Changes in Daily Life • Families • worked in factories instead of on farms • Unmarried women • began working in factories • Craftspeople • were forced to change working conditions to compete

  6. SECTION 3 The Transportation Revolution Question: What were some of the new forms of transportation, and how did they change and benefit American daily life?

  7. SECTION 3 The Transportation Revolution Steamships • eased the transport of goods • encouraged Midwestern settlement Railroads Effects of Developments • increased economic development • linked communities • aided the growth of cities Telegraph • made information readily available

  8. SECTION 4 More Technological Advances Question: How did new technological developments benefit factory and farm work?

  9. SECTION 4 More Technological Advances Technological Developments Benefiting Factory and Farm Work John Deere’s steel plow eased farmers’ work. Improved machinery was introduced as a substitute for manual labor. Cyrus McCormick’s reaper made harvesting more efficient. Steam power allowed business owners to build factories in places that did not have streams or waterfalls to power the factory.

  10. CHAPTER 13 Chapter Wrap-Up 1. What did the Supreme Court rule in Gibbons v. Ogden, and what was significant about the case? 2. How did the growth of factories change American life? 3. How did the Transportation Revolution benefit the U.S. economy and free enterprise?

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