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Chapter 7, Section 3 Pages 251-255. Industrial Revolution – the birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied it Occurred from.

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Page 1: Chapter 7, Section 3 Pages 251-255.  Industrial Revolution – the birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied it  Occurred from.

The Industrial North

Chapter 7, Section 3Pages 251-255

Page 2: Chapter 7, Section 3 Pages 251-255.  Industrial Revolution – the birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied it  Occurred from.

The Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution – the birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied it

Occurred from the mid 1700s to the mid 1800s

Began in Great Britain’s textile industry

Replacement of human power with machine power

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Lowell

Named for Francis Lowell, a wealthy Boston textile merchant

Lowell, Massachusetts – a leading city for textile mills

Majority of workers were young women

Worked as long as 14 hours a day, 6 days a week

Known as the Lowell Girls

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The Revolution Spreads

From early 1800s to mid-1800s industrialization spread with steam engines becoming more widely available

Industrialization led to urbanization People left the farm to work in cities

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Erie Canal

1825 the 363-mile-long Erie Canal opened

Connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and with the Atlantic Ocean

Provided quick and economical way to ship manufactured goods to west and farm products to east

NYC became the busiest port in America

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The Railroad

The first steam powered train was in 1830

By 1835, states had issued more than 200 contracts to build railroad lines

Speed, power, reliability, and carrying capacity made it a preferred means of transport

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Advances in Communication

Printing press – 1811 Books and newspapers easily printed

and in higher volumes Advances in the Postal Service

Quicker communication Telegraph – 1840 by Samuel F.B.

Morse Sends messages using electricity

through wires Communication was instantaneous