BELLWORK How did the Industrial Revolution effect urban centers? Where did the Industrial Revolution start? Where did it spread? What was the cotton gin? THINKER: Why do YOU think the Industrial Revolution is important?

Flying Shuttle

Power Loom

Cotton Gin

Steam Engine

Railroad

Assembly Line

Telephone

Light Bulb

UNIT 5 TEST! Total = 80 pts Scantron/Multiple Choice = 50 pts Matching/Short Answer = 30 points

French Revolution Tax on tea – England forced the colonists to pay a tax on tea, so they revolted in protest Puritans were being prosecuted for their religious beliefs The Reign of Terror killed thousands of French Citizens The Estate System. CAUSES Why are these incorrect?

Railroads Transcontinental Railroad: a railway extending from coast to coast. Government thought it would strengthen economic infrastructure so it gave huge loans and grants to railway companies. Employed thousands of immigrant workers.

Railroads The use of trains made way for steel and metal. In 1883, the railroads adopted a national system of time zones. Railroads revolutionized business and industry in the U.S. by: creating a faster and more practical means of transporting goods, lowered cost of production, created national markets, and stimulation of other industries (steel/iron).

Inventions of the 1800s Battery Tin can Photograph/camera Soda fountain Stethoscope Cement Matches Typewriter Sewing machine Revolver/Machine gun Morse Code Bicycle Stapler Safety pin Dishwasher Washing machine Elevator Plastic Dynamite Vacuum Barbed wire Telephone Toilet paper Contact lenses

New Forms of Energy In 1858, Edwin Drake struck oil in PA and created a boom in industry. Thomas Edison experimented with electricity and created the light bulb. General Electric was created in 1890 and encouraged the spread of the use of electricity.

Everyday Americans Living Conditions poor lived in crowded apartment buildings called tenements overwork, poor sanitation, and inadequate diet left slum dwellers vulnerable to disease many poor children received no education cities were full of prostitution, pornography, and hard alcohol

Everyday Americans Laborers Worked in factories, mills, and mines worked at least 60 hours a week for an average pay of about 20 cents an hour, and had no benefits

Everyday Americans Laborers earnings increased up to 60% from

Everyday Americans With working conditions so bad, why do you think people still came, by the millions, to America?