Transcript The Industrial Revolution

John Buchala
Detrick Borden
Danny Chinchar
• The Textile Industry
• Steam Engines
• Interchangeable Parts
• Transportation
• Communication
• Capitalism
• Effects
• Around 1750, British Inventors
created the first massproduction of textiles
• It took nearly a whole
generation to reach the United
States
• Samuel Slater: Memorized
blueprints for textile machines
in Britain, escaped to the
United States to build them
• Eli Whitney: Invented the
cotton gin in 1793,
permanently change the
textile industry
• Machines were powered by water power and later steam
• Women primarily worked in the factories until immigrants
poured in around 1840 and took up positions
• Proposed by Eli Whitney, did not come into full effect until
many years later
• Mass production of identical goods for a certain object (guns)
• Parts could now be replaced on an object if something broke
• Patented in 1698,
improved in the 1800’s
• Thomas Newcomen:
Made the first practical
steam engine in 1712
• Powered by coal,
eventually was
implemented into boats
and trains
• Also boosted coal mining
industry
• Steam Locomotives:
• Peter cooper credited with
building the Tom Thumb
• Powered by steam engine, just as
modern locomotives are
Railroads
• First emerged around the 1800’s
• Capable of carrying large
amounts of goods long distances
• Over 50,000 miles of rails by 1870
• Transcontinental Railroad
completed in 1869, linked
eastern and western United
States by rail
• The Erie Canal:
• Linked the Hudson River
with Great Lakes
• Built 1817-1825
• Made trade with
northwest faster and
opened new trade options
• Steamboat:
• Created by Robert Fulton
by implementing a steam
engine into a boat
• Allowed ships to go
against wind and travel
upstream…convenient!!
• Clipper Ships:
• Construction began in 1843
• Had a slim, narrow design to increase speed (faster than steamboats)
• Made shipping faster but had to compromise storage space
• Telegraph:
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Invented by Samuel Morse in 1830’s
Revolutionized long-distance communications
Transmitted electrical signals by wire between stations
Morse code
• Pony Express:
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The fastest way of mailing ever before
Mail could travel 1,800 miles in 10 days
Operated for only 18 months (April 1860- October 1861)
Delivered messages, newspapers, and small packages
St. Joseph, Missouri, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada
Desert, through California
• System of free market kicked off by Industrial Revolution
• New businesses opened and manufacturing processes
became easier with new inventions
• With faster easier transportation, goods could be transported
faster and easier
• Industry:
• The United States became a strong industrial competitor.
• Transportation:
• Train Tracks and canals made travel faster and easier
• Communication:
• Telegraph and Pony Express made communication simpler and faster
• Capitalism:
• Free market, more goods produced and revenue earned
• Opportunities:
• Many more job opportunities made for a newer and greater future
• Labor issues/ working conditions:
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Unions were considered to be criminal acts
Long hours, six day work weeks
Children as young as ten years old were in factories
Child laborers were abused
• Family Issues:
• Lots of factory workers were not married and could not see their
families if they were
• If women got married and had children, they were supposed to quit to
care for family
What should we know?
The Industrial Revolution changed the
United States forever. New
technological advances allowed for
increase in industry, communication,
and transportation, giving the United
States a competitive edge.
How did these people and
events impact America
then?
WHY should we know this?
People such as Samuel Slater, Eli
Whitney, Peter Cooper, and many
more allowed for better
communication, transportation, and
job opportunities.
Without the revolution, many forms of
technology that we take for granted
possibly would not exist.
How do they impact us
now?
. The technologies invented in the 19th
century have since been revised and
improved for more convenience and
efficiency. Most of these innovations
are still in use today, only they have
been modernized