Industrialization Spreads Agenda 1 Bell Ringer What are

Industrialization Spreads

Agenda 1. Bell Ringer: What are the conditions in factories during the Industrial Revolution? 2. Lecture: Spread of Industrialization 3. Quick Quiz Industrialization 4. Venn Diagram, Spread of industrialism 5. Video, America: A Story of US. 6. Objectives • HW: Students will complete a map of the Spread of Industrialization.

United States • Industry arrives in 1812 after Britain stops imports. • Samuel Slater emigrated to the United States and constructed a spinning machine. – Britain wanted to maintain secrecy over industry.

United States (2) • Francis Cabot Lowell would mechanize every stage in manufacturing cloth. • Many women came to these “mill towns” to work in the factories – 12 hour workdays, closely supervised at all times.

United States (3) • North primarily industrial. • From 1866 onward, technology dominates life. • Wealth of natural resources, burst of inventions, and large population. • Lightbulb, telegraph invented. • Expanding railroads led to larger cities.

The Corporation • A business owned by stockholders who share in the profits. • Big businesses made large profits through cutting costs. • Examples: Standard Oil, Carnegie Steel.

Beginnings in Belgium • William Cockerill carried secret plans for building spinning machines for textiles. • It would eventually dominate in machinery and engines. • Europe would industrialize slowly because of Revolution.

Germany • Early 1800 s, revolution and isolation hinder industrialization. • 1835 - the country copies the British model. • Children sent to schools in Britain to learn their industrial methods. • Railroads aided their progress as a military giant as well.

European Expansion • Pockets of industrialization rose throughout Europe. • France had major growth after 1850, with a government-constructed railroad. • Spain and Austria. Hungary took many years to industrialize because of its geography.

Worldwide Impact • Shifted balance of power. – More industrialized = more weapons. • They worked together for materials and finished goods, but the more powerful country would exploit the poor one.

Industrialism Map