the Causes and effects of the First American Industrial Revolution Mr. Lugo

Objectives: By the end of THE NEXT TWO classES, students will be able to: Explain the changes that the Industrial Revolution brought to American life. Discuss the importance of Samuel Slater’s cotton mill. Describe the growth of industry in the United States after 1812. Identify important developments in factories and the problems that factory life produced. Identify and explain the Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution

Causes: Interchangeable Parts Identical parts that can be substituted in the manufacture or repair of a product Invented by Eli Whitney to make muskets for the U.S. government

Causes: Assembly Lines Each worker adding one part in order to create a finished product Used first in Lowell’s textile (clothes) factories Resulted in the construction of factories across the Northern U.S.

Causes: Inventions Eli Whitney – Cotton gin Elias Howe – Sewing Machine Robert Fulton – Steam Boat Francis Cabot Lowell and Samuel Slater – Assembly lines and factories How did each of these inventions change the lives of Americans?

Effect: Speedy Production Because of Assembly lines Interchangeable parts Inventions

Effect: Craftsmen are Out Most products used to be made by individual shop owners who were specialists Each product was different Now products were identical, and made in factories

Effect: Machines In Sewing Machines Cotton Gin Steam power Bessemer Steel Process resulted in large sky scrapers that could now be built

Effect: Urbanization More and more people moved to cities where there were factory jobs This was more true of the North than the South which remained agricultural

Effect: Money Invested Stock market invented “investors” would receive a percentage of profits New York came stock market center

Effect: More Workers Together People worked in large factories instead of small shops The workers were exposed to people from different cultures ( Potential for Cultural Diffusion) The “working class” emerged

American industrial revolution summary Machines took the place of many hand made products. The factory system changed the way people worked. It brought workers and machinery together in one place. Samuel Slater built his machine from memory because the British would not allow him to take the plans for these machines with him. The Lowell Mill girls gained an education they normally would not have received on their family farms. The First Industrial Revolution

Student practice/ application 1. Pair up with a classmate. 2. Read pages 382-387 in your American history textbook. 3. Complete Checkpoint questions on pages 383-385, 387. 4. Complete Check your Progress Questions 1-2 on page 387. 5. Complete Exit Ticket Question.