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The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution. Post Civil War Era. Major Events in the Industrial Revolution. Early 1700s – Industrial Revolution begins in Britain 1764 – James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny 1764 – James Watt invents the steam engine 1793 – Samuel Slater opens first U.S. cotton mill

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The Industrial Revolution

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  1. The Industrial Revolution Post Civil War Era

  2. Major Events in the Industrial Revolution Early 1700s – Industrial Revolution begins in Britain 1764 – James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny 1764 – James Watt invents the steam engine 1793 – Samuel Slater opens first U.S. cotton mill 1793 – Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin 1814 – George Stephenson invents the first practical locomotive 1830s – First great railway “boom” begins in Europe & the U.S.

  3. Major Events in the Industrial Revolution (cont.) 1856 – Henry Bessemer introduces the Bessemer process for steel production 1869 – Transcontinental Railroad completed 1870 – John D. Rockefeller starts the Standard Oil Company ($$$$$) 1876 – Alexander G. Bell invents the telephone 1882 – Thomas Edison constructs first central power station to electrify New York City 1892 – Andrew Carnegie forms the Carnegie Steel Corporation

  4. RAILROADS Words to copy are in RED

  5. Transcontinental RR • Lincoln & Republicans promised Transcontinental RR in 1860 • 1862 – Congress passed Pacific RRact (provided 2 companies to build a transcontinental line) • Central Pacific built East from CA • Union Pacific built West from Nebraska

  6. Many workers were required to build the RR, including African Americans, American Indians, & immigrants • Central Pacific = Chinese immigrants • Union Pacific = Irish immigrants Neither group received much credit for their work.

  7. Biggest Challenge – crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains • Engineers (growing field) figured out how to make tunnels work. May 10, 1869 – Transcontinental Railroad connected by a golden spike • Two ends connected at Promontory, Utah

  8. Growth of Railroads • Railroads became more efficient after the Civil War • Began to make the rails the same size & network = connect railroad lines to another • Began to consolidate = combining smaller companies with larger ones Examples: US Airways bought out America West Time Warner bought AOL Pixar & Disney

  9. Huge railway companies were built • Important RR businessmen: Cornelius Vanderbuilt (New York & Harlem Railroad) J.P. Morgan (consolidated RRs) James J. Hill (Great Northern Railway) Edward Harriman (Illinois Central & Union Pacific RRs)

  10. Railroads Change America • Helped end Indian control of the West • Tied together the economies of the West & East • Caused the U.S. to grow into an industrial giant (examples: lumber, steel, coal, aluminum industries) • Helped people settle and farm the plains & valleys of the West.

  11. Changed the way people thought about the country & environment • Pre-railroads = travel was hazardous, weather was difficult, needed water transport • With railroads = in cold & heat the trains kept moving, railroads made straight paths to cities without water transport (ex. Denver, Cheyenne) • Railroad agreed to a system of standard time – creating 4 U.S. time zones • 1884 – worldwide time zones created

  12. Time Zones

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