Industrial Revolution

By:

Joey Fisher

Brendan Helferty

Michal Kaufman

Maia Baird

Emily Zahn

Industrial Revolution

• Started an ongoing effort to increase products by machines

• There were many new inventions, which increased profits

• Steam engine was used to pump water out of mines, run machines, and other tasks

Industrial Revolution

• Samuel Slater–He brought sketches to America of

machines–Sketches turned out to be great

inventions

Industrial Revolution• Eli Whitney

–Made 10,000 guns in 2 years –Made guns with

interchangeable parts –He also made the cotton gin

Industrial Revolution

• Cotton Gin– 1 person could

make 1,000 pounds of cotton every day

– The profit per pound of cotton increased

– There was a heavy increase in slave population

Industrial Revolution

• Transportation– First roads were made by cutting trees– They eventually rebuilt roads and put tolls

along them– They could also now could boat up stream

with the tugboat

Industrial Revolution

• Communication–New ways of communication

• Post offices• News Papers• Magazines

Industrial Revolution

• Helped out businesses – Started market revolution

• Economy restored

– Many people transferred to manufacturing– Free enterphase system

• Economy system in which private companies compete for food

Industrial Revolution

• Many people transferred to manufacturing–Manufacturing became the backbone of

the economy

Industrial Revolution

• Working outside the home– Many young Americans, especially in the NE,

turned away from farming– Factory owners gathered together to make

the maximum amount of products• Specialization

– System in which each worker performs one part of an entire production process

Industrial Revolution

• Rise of shopping– Products rolled out of factories at astonishing

rates– Americans began to shop, people bought

fabric instead of spinning their own thread

Industrial Revolution

• Rise of banking– Many banks paid people who were unable to

pay them back (lost lots of money)– Coins, not paper money , were used– Bank note

• Piece of paper which banks issue

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