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 The Beginning of Industrialization in America Early nineteenth century Americans saw a radical change in their society. The Industrial Revolution arrived in America and life as people knew it would no longer be the same. Gone were the days of traveling long distances by horse and buggy and making a living primarily from the home. From the [|Industrial Revolution]came the railroad and factories. America became a little smaller and more interconnected.

The Industrial Revolution began in the mid-1700s in Great Britain. At the beginning the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution came across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. The Industrial Revolution was a time when:
 * Manufacturing shifts from hand tools to machines
 * Skilled artisans shift to unskilled workers assigned to a specific task
 * Factories replaced home workshops
 * Manufacturers ship goods worldwide instead of just local markets.

The Industrial Revolution brought an influx of new technology to the United States. In the area of transportation there was the building of roads, canals, railroads and steamboats. In textiles there was the development of factories and sewing machines. The telegraph helped improve communication and the area of manufacturing was bolstered also by factories and interchangeable parts. Farming was impacted by the Industrial Revolution too. New agricultural developments were the reaper, the plow and the cotton gin.



You are going to determine how life changed for Americans as a result of the Industrial Revolution. You will use the images, primary sources and secondary sources on this website to help you come to a conclusion about the impact of the Industrial Revolution. What were the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution on the United States?

Key Questions

1) How does America change as a result of the Industrial Revolution? 2) Are the changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution positive?

State Standards

**//USI.27//** Explain the importance of the Transportation Revolution in the nineteenth century (the building of canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, steamboats, and railroads), including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy.(H,E) A. the technological improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth B. the causes and impact of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to America C. the rise of a business class of merchants and manufacturers D. the roles of women in New England textile factories
 * //USI.28//** Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry in New England and in the 1840s and 1850s and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum America. (H, E)

Historical Thinking Benchmarks


 * Analysis of primary and secondary sources.
 * Determination of the significance of different kinds of historical change
 * Sophisticated examination of how causation relates to continuity and change

Lesson Objectives


 * Explain the origins of the textile Industrial Revolution
 * Describe the inventions of the Industrial Revolution
 * Name important inventors
 * Determine the impact of the Industrial Revolution on American life

Bibliography "America's First Steam Locomotive, 1830." __EyeWitness to History__. 2004 <[|www.eyewitnesstohistory.com]> January 14, 2009. "Fulton's First Steamboat Voyage, 1807." __EyeWitness to History__. 2004  January 14, 2009. Pojer, Susan M."Early Nineteenth Century Industrialization in America," __Historyteacher.net__ 1998-2009 January 2007. "Traveling the Erie Canal, 1836", __EyeWitness to History__. 2004 <[|www.eyewitnesstohistory.com]>. January 14, 2009.

Amy Campobasso January 14, 2009 North Reading High School US History I Honors Grade 9 Industrialization