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Chapter 3 delves into the profound changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, focusing on the transition from hand tools to power-driven machines. This era revolutionized transportation with critical developments such as the Erie Canal, national roads, and the advent of trains and steamboats, facilitating the movement of people and goods. It also highlights the shift of population from rural areas to urban centers, the employment of women and children, and the rise of labor unions demanding better working conditions. Key inventions are discussed, including the telegraph and cotton gin, alongside their societal impacts.
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Chapter 3:Growth & Division Section:1 Industrialization
Industrial Revolution • Is a: • Complete change of economic & social organization by the replacement of hand tools with power driven machines • Will affect ?????????????????
Transportation • The Erie Canal • Man made river connecting Lake Erie – Hudson River • National Roads • Toll Roads • Trains “The Iron Horse” • Revolutionized transportation • Steamboat
Life • People moved from farms to big cities! • Goods were made in factories instead of by hand • Women & Children go to work • Workers Unite • Labor Unions = group of workers band together for improved working conditions
Inventions • The Telegraph • Invented by: Samuel F.B. Morse • The Cotton Gin • Invented by: Eli Whitney • Prolonged Slavery ???????
Did Industrialization affect Nationalism or Sectionalism? ?Why????
