Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 9, Lesson 1: The Industrial Revolution (pp. 254-260)
I. Revolution in Industry
B. The Industrial Revolution began in the textile industry in England and soon spread to the United States.
C. One important aspect of the Industrial Revolution was the use of interchangeable parts (which were exactly alike) to speed up production and reduce costs.
B. Fast clipper ships carried goods to and from the coasts of the United States and Asia, while steamboats were used mainly on rivers and lakes.
C. Steam-powered railroads, which could be built almost anywhere, provided fast, dependable service, and came to dominate American transportation.
B. Factory towns like Lowell, Massachusetts developed around textile mills that were built on the rivers for water power.
C. The textile mills first employed young women from farms, then, later, newly-arrived immigrants. Both groups worked long hours for little pay.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Through the Industrial Revolution, goods that had once been made in people's home by hand were now produced in factories using machines.
II. Building a Transportation Network
A. In the first part of the 1800s, canals replaced roads as a cheap, quick way of transporting goods and people.
III. Production Revolutionized
A. Industrialization took place mainly in the Northeast because it had many rivers, available workers, and sea ports for shipping goods.
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