6.3—Industrial Revolution
I.
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Background Information
Industrial Revolution—a ___________________ and __________________ change that
took place as _____________________ replaced _____________________ and large
scale factory production developed
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How did this impact the people?
o Difficult tasks became _______________________ to preform
o _________________________________ were being produced very
_________________ and in ______________________________________
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Mass production—
_____________________________________________________________________
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Impact on price
o Supply increases which means the price will decrease
II.
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Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
Where does the Industrial Revolution begin?
o ______________________________—but eventually makes its way over to the
United States
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How did the Industrial Revolution begin?
o Improvement in _____________________________________
o As people begin to learn more about ___________________, new machines
begin to ___________________inefficient ones
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Generating power without electricity
o Water power
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Giant ____________________________ were placed in streams and rivers
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Waterwheels were connected to belts that were located within factories
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As long as the ______________would move, the waterwheels would
______________ and this would generate power within the factory
o Coal
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Coal was used to make __________________work
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Coal is an ___________________ that is found within the _____________
and it would be _________________ to very high temperatures
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Water would be ______________ on the __________ coal and
_____________would rise from this
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The steam would then be used to make ________________ and
______________ run
III.
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Industrial Revolution in America
North
o _____________________ are being built within major northern cities and begin
to mass produce goods
o Main product that is coming out of these northern factories—
___________________
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Textile—___________________ (used for clothing)
South
o ______________and _____________ are using _________________ technology to
make the cultivation process much faster
o Main product that is coming out of the south—___________________ and
__________________
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Worldwide impact
o Textiles, cotton, and tobacco are being ________________and
_____________________ at a___________ pace so they are being shipped
throughout the world
o The price is rather ____________ because the factories and farmers can
produce these goods rather ______________
IV.
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Inventions and Inventors
Eli Whitney
o He creates _____________________________ that were used on the
___________________
o Interchangeable parts allowed ____________________pieces to be
__________________
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Now—people did not have to throw out a musket because one piece was
broken
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Samuel Slater
o He is known by many as the
“_______________________________________________”
o He created the first _______________________ factory in America
o He actually was considered an __________________ in Britain because he left
the country for America and was viewed by many as a traitor to his own
country.
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Francis Lowell
o He was responsible for building the first __________________________ factory
in America
o He would purchase the textiles from the textile factories and turn them into
_______________ to make ________________________
o Lowell gave ____________________ the opportunity to work in his factories
(rare occurrence at this point in American history)