Results of the Industrial Revolution

Speedy Production Because of Assembly lines Interchangeable parts Inventions

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

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

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

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

More Workers Together People worked in large factories instead of small shops The workers were exposed to people from different cultures The “working class” emerged