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§ Revolution is
a radical or complete change of
any kind in any field
§ The Industrial Revolution wasa period of
major industrialization and innovation
during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The
Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain
and quickly spread throughout the world
§ This
project will be taking a special look at
AMERICA.
§ The American Industrial Revolution commonly
referred to as the Second Industrial Revolution,
started sometime between 1820 and 1870.
§ The use of handguns and rifles was common
and legal.
§ Before the revolution, most Americans made
their living farming and lived in widespread
rural communities. With the advance of factories,
people began working for companies located in
urban areas for the first time.
§ The United States government helped
businesses by instituting tariffs—taxes on
foreign goods—so that products like steel made
by U.S. companies were cheaper than foreign
imports. Cheaper steel prices encouraged the
development of infrastructure such as railroads
and bridges during the American Industrial
Revolution.
§ The industrial revolution distinctly spread from the northeast regions to
the southwest. Robberies by gunslingers and outlaws made it

§ Around this time many towns began setting up in the vast expanses of the
Midwest which before served only for the Red Indians and rail tracks, this
led to the displacement of millions of Red Indians for meager prices often
threatened with death, this was further cemented by the Indian Removal
Act.

§ Many small skirmishes broke out between the law and the Red Indians
James Watt First reliable steam engine 1775
Eli Whitney Cotton gin 1793
Interchangeable parts for 1798
muskets
Robert Fulton Regular steamboat service on 1807
the Hudson River
Samuel F.B. Morse Telegraph 1836
Elias Howe Sewing machine 1844
Isaac Singer Improves and markets Howe's 1851
sewing machine
Cyrus Field Transatlantic cable 1866
Alexander Graham Bell Telephone 1876
Thomas Edison Phonograph 1877
Incandescent light bulb 1879
Nikola Tesla Induction electric motor 1888
§ The increase in the rate of
production needed to increase to
match the population increase
caused by increase in
immigration, for this faster
production was needed, due to
this there was a boom in
innovation leading to more
efficient and faster methods of
production
§ There was a greater need for
railways and transportation grade
steel.
§ The discovery of electricity was
particularly helpful in a certain
degree of automation
§ The Industrial Revolution
transformed economies that had been based on
agriculture and handicrafts into economies based
on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing,
and the factory system. New machines, new power
sources, and new ways of organizing work made
existing industries more productive and efficient.
§ The country was brought closer together in terms of
travel as a solid and robust railway network was
established.
§ The unprecedented levels of production in domestic
manufacturing and commercial agriculture during
this period greatly strengthened the American
economy and reduced dependence on imports.
§ Adam Smith is called the "Father of Economics" because of his theories
on capitalism, free markets, and supply and demand.
§ Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, where his
widowed mother raised him. At age fourteen, as was the usual practice,
he entered the University of Glasgow on scholarship. He later attended
Balliol College at Oxford, graduating with an extensive knowledge of
European literature and an enduring contempt for English schools.
§ Today Smith’s reputation rests on his explanation of how rational self-
interest in a free-market economy leads to economic well-being. It may
surprise those who would discount Smith as an advocate of ruthless
individualism that his first major work concentrates on ethics and charity.
In fact, while chair at the University of Glasgow, Smith’s lecture subjects,
in order of preference, were natural theology, ethics, jurisprudence, and
economics, according to John Millar, Smith’s pupil at the time.
§ Karl Marx was a 19th-century philosopher, author,
and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism
and communism. He was the father of Marxism.
§ Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, critic
of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist,
political theorist, journalist and socialist
revolutionary. Born in Trier, Germany, Marx studied
law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and
Berlin.
§ Marxism is a social, political, and economic
theory originated by Karl Marx that focuses on the
struggle between capitalists and the working class.
Marx wrote that the power relationships between
capitalists and workers were inherently exploitative
and would inevitably create class conflict.
Capitalistic Socialistic
USA Peoples Republic of China
UK Republic of Cuba
Singapore India
Australia Vietnam
Chile Sri Lanka
§ Child labor laws in the United States address issues related to
the employment and welfare of working children in the United
States. The most sweeping federal law that restricts the
employment and abuse of child workers is the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Child labor provisions under FLSA
are designed to protect the educational opportunities of youth
and prohibit their employment in jobs that are detrimental to
their health and safety. FLSA restricts the hours that youth under
16 years of age can work and lists hazardous occupations too
dangerous for young workers to perform.
§ The main law regulating child labor in the United States is the
Fair Labor Standards Act. For non-agricultural jobs, children
under 14 may not be employed, children between 14 and 16
may be employed in allowed occupations during limited hours,
and children between 16 and 17 may be employed for unlimited
hours in non-hazardous occupations.
§ The Industrial Revolution impacted the
environment. The world saw a major
increase in population, which, along with an
increase in living standards, led to the
depletion of natural resources. The use of
chemicals and fuel in factories resulted in
increased air and water pollution and an
increased use of fossil fuels.
§ The Americas changed drastically as the
native americans were heavily displaced
and the population even though was
spreading across the continent still
increased per unit area. Bustling metros and
cities were established in this time period
§ Capitalism is the better alternative due to only 1 word – “corruption”,
all socialistic and communistic countries failed due to this simple reality.
§ Communistic countries on a smaller scale do benefit but it always leads
to power hungry dictators and a government hell bent on controlling
every part of a citizens life
§ Capitalism also promotes competition and rewards hard work in most
fields while also being vulnerable to the economy being susceptible to
crashes based on human emotion as seen multiple times
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