Industrialization and Everyday Life Identify examples of how industrialization changed life in the United States.

Industrialization Industrialization and Everyday Lifeand Everyday Life

Identify examples of how Identify examples of how industrialization changed life industrialization changed life

in the United States.in the United States.

In the years after the War of 1812, life In the years after the War of 1812, life in America changed dramatically. in America changed dramatically. Advances in technology changed the Advances in technology changed the way that Americans worked, farmed, way that Americans worked, farmed, lived, and traveled.lived, and traveled.

COTTAGE INDUSTRY

What do you think the family is doing? Is the family working at home or at a factory?

Cottage Industry to Factory Cottage Industry to Factory IndustryIndustry

FACTORIES…FACTORIES…

An example of a cottage An example of a cottage industry isindustry is

A.A. power loomingpower looming

B.B. making interchangeable partsmaking interchangeable parts

C.C. building steam enginesbuilding steam engines

D.D. hand weavinghand weaving

An increase in the number of An increase in the number of factories in the early 1800s in the factories in the early 1800s in the U.S. contributed toU.S. contributed toA.A. an increase in urban populationan increase in urban population

B.B. an increase in dependence on an increase in dependence on foreign laborersforeign laborers

C.C. a decrease in the amount of a decrease in the amount of water and air pollutionwater and air pollution

D.D. a decrease in dependence on a decrease in dependence on steam powersteam power

WorkingWorking

New machines replaced many New machines replaced many workers and work was now done in workers and work was now done in factories instead of small work factories instead of small work shops. shops.

How did work change for many Americans after

industrialization?A.A. Many more worked in small Many more worked in small

workshops.workshops.B. Many more worked on farms.

C.C. Many more lost their jobs. Many more lost their jobs.

D.D. Many more worked in factoriesMany more worked in factories

WorkingWorking Machines made it unnecessary for Machines made it unnecessary for

workers to take years to learn work workers to take years to learn work skill; this allowed more women and skill; this allowed more women and children to work outside the home; children to work outside the home; many of these women and children many of these women and children worked at he Lowell Mills making worked at he Lowell Mills making textiles. textiles.

WorkersWorkers

Workers now worked for wages and Workers now worked for wages and worked for a set period of time each worked for a set period of time each day; the work days were often very day; the work days were often very long. long.

How did industrialization How did industrialization affect some women?affect some women?

A.A. They were able to afford to stay at They were able to afford to stay at home and raise a family.home and raise a family.

B.B. They were able to get a paying job They were able to get a paying job for the first time. for the first time.

C.C. It changed people’s ideas about It changed people’s ideas about women’s right to vote.women’s right to vote.

FarmingFarming

Just as factories allowed business Just as factories allowed business men to manufacture more goods men to manufacture more goods more quickly and cheaply, new more quickly and cheaply, new farming inventions such as improved farming inventions such as improved plows, the thresher, and the cotton plows, the thresher, and the cotton gin allowed farmers to produce gin allowed farmers to produce bigger crops more quickly and more bigger crops more quickly and more cheaply. cheaply.

Farming InventionsFarming Inventions

Cotton Gin

PLOW

LivingLiving Industrialization encouraged the process Industrialization encouraged the process

of of urbanizationurbanization- the movement of more - the movement of more and more people to the cities.and more people to the cities.

Instead of farming for a living, more Instead of farming for a living, more Americans were choosing to work in Americans were choosing to work in factories in cities.factories in cities.

People lived differently in cities than they People lived differently in cities than they did on farms; there was much more did on farms; there was much more crowding in cities, sanitation was often not crowding in cities, sanitation was often not very good and this often caused health very good and this often caused health problems and the spread of disease. problems and the spread of disease.

Why did people decide to Why did people decide to move to cities?move to cities?

A.A. There were more jobs in cities.There were more jobs in cities.

B.B. It was more healthy to live there.It was more healthy to live there.

C.C. They could not earn a living as They could not earn a living as farmers.farmers.

D.D. They wanted to “get rich quick.”They wanted to “get rich quick.”

UrbanizationUrbanization

What was life like in What was life like in cities?cities?

A.A. It was crowded.It was crowded.

B.B. There was poor sanitation.There was poor sanitation.

C.C. Diseases spread easily.Diseases spread easily.

D.D. All of the above.All of the above.

TravelingTraveling

New technologies made traveling New technologies made traveling much easier; steamboats, canals, much easier; steamboats, canals, and railroads all made it much and railroads all made it much easier for people to visit family and easier for people to visit family and friends who lived far away, and it friends who lived far away, and it allowed American settlers to travel allowed American settlers to travel farther west and reach unsettled farther west and reach unsettled areas of the country. areas of the country.

How did industrialization How did industrialization affect travel?affect travel?

A.A. Only the rich could afford to travel.Only the rich could afford to travel.

B.B. It became easier and cheaper.It became easier and cheaper.

C.C. Fewer people traveled.Fewer people traveled.

D.D. It became unpleasant and tedious. It became unpleasant and tedious.

What year would this headline What year would this headline appeared in the Philadelphia appeared in the Philadelphia

Gazette?Gazette?

A.A. 16071607

B.B. 18031803

C.C. 18611861

D.D. 17761776

U.S. Doubles in Size

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