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Industrial Revolution Comes to America

The Industrial Revolution began in England in the last half of the 18th century. Many goods produced in England’s factories found their way to American consumers. By the late 18th and early 19th century the Industrial Revolution was beginning to make it way to our shores.

Fill in the graphic organizer giving an explanation of the term(s) and their impact on the Industrial Revolution.

4. What are textiles (use a dictionary)? What role did they play in the Industrial Revolution?

Fill in the following chart with inventions that revolutionized the listed areas

Manufacturing
involves the process of turning raw materials into something
Invention / Inventor / Date / Purpose of Invention / What did it replace?
Cotton Gin / Clean seed from cotton fibers more efficiently
Eli Whitney / 1801 / Handmade parts
Communication
Invention / Inventor / Date / Purpose of Invention / What did it replace?
Samuel F. B. Morse / Handwritten messages
Agriculture
should involve actually planting or harvesting crops
Invention / Inventor / Date / Purpose of Invention / What did it replace?
Mechanical Reaper / 1834 / Cutting grain by hand
John Deere / Cut through rich, heavy Midwestern soil
Transportation
must be different types of transportation
Invention / Inventor / Date / Purpose of Invention / What did it replace?
Steamboat / 1807 / Sailing ships on rivers
John Stevens / 1826 / Faster travel
across land

22. How did improvements to transportation help improve communication and unify the country?

What 2 inventions had the greatest impact on the American economy?

(hint: they were invented by the same person)

Invention / How the North was affected / How the South was affected
Many farm machines used matching parts for easy repair
Cotton production in the Northeastern factories boomed / 1.
2.
3.
4.

30. Why did the new agricultural inventions make it possible for more labor in the factories?