Class 30 Industrialization

Opening Question: Who were the first factory workers in America during the Industrial Age?

Hope everyone had a great Spring Break! Which of these best characterizes your Spring Break?
1. Kicked back at the beach (or lake, mountain etc.) 2. Went home 3. Did a service trip 4. School work 5. Nothing
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Birmingham, Alabama Nickname: Magic City

Bombingham (16th Street Baptist Church)

Announcements
M Mar 24
W Mar 26

GML, CHAPTER 10, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA

ATF, CHAPTER 6, JACKSONS FRONTIER AND TURNERS ATF response opportunity (you can do a maximum of four of these for credit)

F Mar 28

NO READING

M Mar 31

GML, CHAPTER 11, THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION

W Apr 2

GML, CHAPTER 12, AN AGE OF REFORM

F Apr 4 M Apr 7

NO READING GML, CHAPTER 13, A HOUSE DIVIDED

Historical site/museum visit one-page report

W Apr 9

ATF, CHAPTER 7, THE MADNESS OF JOHN BROWN

ATF response opportunity (you can do a maximum of four of these for credit)

F Apr 11

GML, CHAPTER 14, A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM: THE CIVIL WAR

M Apr 14 W Apr 16 F Apr 18

NO READING NO READING TEST 3 Test 3

Test results:
Average grade 78/79 (I added one extra right question for everyone) Five people made 100 points or over

Congratulations!

 Due Friday April 4 Museum Assignment

Go to a museum or historical site that is about early America. Write a one-page report about what you saw and experienced there. There are no rules about how to write this report consider this a think piece or a review in which you observe what was interesting, what you liked, what you did not like, and so on. The only rule -besides being original -- is to keep it to ONE PAGE of coherent writing. You can also add a page of visuals if you want to. You NEED to attach your TICKET to the report to receive credit. Below are some suggestions, but you can go to other places too. Check with me if you are not certain. Check websites for up-to-date info, directions, and hours.

1. steamboats, toll roads, canals, railroads 2. toll roads, steamboats, railroads, canals 3. toll roads, steamboats, canals, railroads 4. steamboats, toll roads, railroads, canals

Test Practice and Review: Put these transportation revolution events in the correct chronological order
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Who were the first group of factory workers in America during the Industrial Age?
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1. Slaves 2. Families and their children 3. Women 4. Poor white men 5. Immigrants

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Railroad Age (1830-1900)

Initially feeder lines to the canals 1830-13 miles 1840 3325 miles 1850 8879 miles Inland cities

9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 1830 1840 1850

Railroad miles

Mystery source project

1. All of these sources are about New England Mill girls. Look through the sources try to figure out what each one is and decide the following question. If you were the father of a mill girl in New England would you want your daughter to work in the mills? Why or why not? 2. Yes

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The Industrial Revolution in England

Pre-industrial New England

Post-industrial New England

Technological changes in cloth manufacturing

Innovators: John Kay flying shuttle James Hargrave spinning jenny Richard Arkwright water frame

Cloth manufacturing Step 1: Picking (pick out seeds etc)

Step 2: Carding (make into a loose rope)

Step 3: Spinning (twist the yarn)

Step 4: Warp (arrange lengthwise)

Step 5: Weave

Samuel Slater

The Rhode Island System

Slatersville, 1803

The transformation of New England: Lowell

Chelmsford in 1821

Lowell in 1845

What is different?

Lowell, Massachusetts, 1832

Francis Cabot Lowell

Waltham-Lowell system and vertical integration

Lowell, Massachusetts

The mills in history

The Mill Workers

Single women
1830-1860 10,000 single women work in factories Mostly daughters of farmers Most marry stay in urban centers or move west

More stats (1830-1840)

47 % female 80% 15-29 90% unmarried 85% will marry 85% began to work before 25 Average employment 4-5 years Average at marriage is 25.2 average number of children 2.2 Non mill workers 22.9/2.7