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American Industrial Revolution

Between 1800 and 1870, the United States transformed from a primarily agrarian culture dominated by small farms and small cottage enterprises to a powerhouse of industry. This transformation was driven by technological innovations which not only increasingly automated labor, but also had the effect of shifting the population from rural centers to urban areas. Although there were improvements in agricultural technologies which increased output and spurred demand internationally for the agricultural products of the South, ironically, this also increased the need for cheap labor and increased the in country slave trade. Changes in the Northern economy such as the explosion of factory manufacturing also produced an increased need for laborers; however, unlike in the South, this niche was filled by immigrants flocking to newly developing cities all along the eastern seaboard. These new changes added to existing regional resentments and contributed to the Civil War. As you explore the Cultural Change pages, keep in mind how each shift in societal norms influences the other.
Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
Overview of the Industrial Revolution

Inventors and Inventions

Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney and The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney: Interchangeable Parts

Robert Fulton

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The "American Citizen" of August 17, 1807, says: - "Mr. Fulton's ingenious steamboat, invented with a view to the navigation of the Mississippi, from New Orleans upward, sails today from the North River, near State's Prison, to Albany. The velocity of the steamboat is calculated at four miles an hour. It is said it will make a progress of two against the current of the Mississippi, and if so it will certainly be a very valuable acquisition to the commerce of Western States." http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/history/clermont/
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos/steam-engine-drives-transportation-revolution

Cyrus McCormick

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Cyrus McCormick
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advertising "McCormick Harvesting Machine Co." and illustrating the McCormick Harvester & Self Binder, showing a two horse drawn harvester in a field of ripe wheat, farmstead in background. Marked in lower right "Shober & Carqueville, Litho. Co. Chicago;" 21" x 27.75" in modern frame, 24.5" x 31.5".
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10 Agricultural Inventions That Changed Farming

Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar

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The need for Grain elevators emerged in the mid 1800's in North America when agriculture moved to a cash crop economy following the invention of the Cyrus McCormick Mechanical Reaper

John Deere

John Deere's Plow
John Deere and the History of the Plow

Samuel F.B. Morse

Samuel Morse Bio
Note: Some adult language
Morse Code Translator
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What hath God wrought -- 1st telegraph message

Charles Goodyear

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http://www.goodyear.com/corporate/history/history_story.html

Elias Howe

The Invention of the Sewing Machine
Impact of the Sewing Machine
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The actual Howe machine patented in England by William Frederick Thomas in 1846

Josephine Cochrane

http://forgottennewsmakers.com/2010/04/20/josephine-cochrane-1839-1913-invented-the-dishwasher/

Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt Biography
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Samuel Colt: Historic Effects of the Revolver

African American Inventors

Thomas Jennings

Colors of Innovation

Henry Blair

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Henry Blair was the second Black inventor issued a patent by the United States Patent Office. Born in 1807 in Glen Ross, Maryland, Blair was a free man, his first invention was a seed planter which enabled farmers to plant more corn utilizing less labor in a smaller period of time. He received a patent for this invention on October 14, 1834, assigned number 8447x. Two years later, in 1836, Blair received a second patent for a cotton planter, assigned number 15. The cotton planter worked by splitting the ground with two shovel-like blades pulled along by a horse, followed by awheel-driven cylinder which dropped seen into the newly plowed furrow. Blair had been a successful farmer for years and developed the inventions as a means of increasing efficiency in farming. It is noteworthy that in both of his patents he was listed as a “colored man”, the only example of an inventor’s race being listed or acknowledged on an issued patent.
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  • General Homeschool Information
    • In the Middle
    • Bad Day Blues
    • Curriculum Reviews >
      • Real Science 4 Us
      • Game Based Math
      • Computer Programming
      • Grammar
  • Homeschool Helps
  • High School Hinterlands
    • Learning to Learn: Note Taking and Study Tips
    • Resources: Planners, Worksheets and More
    • Applying to College
    • Freshman Frolics
    • Sophomore Samba
    • Junior Jitterbuggin'
    • Semi Senior Shimmy
    • Final Fandango
  • Engaging Explorations and Basic Beginnings
    • Random Reading Resources
    • Magical Math
    • Book Report Sheets for Primary Grades
    • Sensational Second: April
    • Sensational Second: May
  • Sabbatical
    • Korean Festival
    • Fairy Festival
    • Farm Festival
    • Science Museum
    • Safari So Goodie
    • Walking in Memphis
    • Old Man River
    • Under the Harvest Moon
    • Past Life
  • American History from the Revolution to Reconstruction
    • Colonial Conflicts
    • Nation Building After the Revolution
    • Washington and the Federalists
    • Nationalism & Expansion: Jefferson, Monroe, Madison
    • The Age of Jackson
    • Cultural Change: Industrialization
    • Cultural Change: Westward Expansion
    • Cultural Change: The Railroad and Immigration
    • Cultural Change: Women's Suffrage
    • Cultural Change: Slavery and Abolition
    • The Civil War
    • The Reconstruction
  • American History from the Reconstruction to the Present
    • Urbanization and Industrialization
    • The Gilded Age
    • Progressive Era Social Reform
    • Progressive Era Politics
    • World War I
  • Biology
    • Biology: Cells
    • Biology: Diffusion and Osmosis Links >
      • Diffusion and Osmosis Pages
    • Biology: Photosynthesis and Respiration
    • Biology: Heredity and Genetics
    • Biology: Transcription, Translation and Proteins (Oh My!)
    • Biology: Evolution and Genetic Change
    • Biology: The Organization of Life
    • Biology: Bacteria, Protists and Fungi
    • Biology: Plants
    • Biology: Animals
  • Anatomy
  • Botany
  • Wyoming Wisdom
    • Wyoming Wanderings
  • When You're Strange: 2e Adventures
    • When You're Strange
    • Uncshool Buffet
    • "The Socialization"
    • Impetus
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