The First Industrial Revolution 1820 1850 The First

The First Industrial Revolution 1820 -1850

The First Industry Textiles was the important industry Brought to America by Samuel Slater Located in the north due to rivers that provided power for the “spinning ginnies”

The Lowell System Henry Cabot Lowell devised the Lowell System to provide labor for the mills Used young single women to provide labor Called the Lowell Girls Replaced by Irish immigrants when they struck for more pay

Eli Whitney’s Contribution Eli Whitney’s invention of interchangable parts led to inventor/entrepreneurs building thousands of factories

A Few Inventions Samuel Colt > the revolver Charles Goodyear > vulcanized rubber Seth Thomas> the mechanical clock

Two Major Inventions Two inventions revolutionize American Agriculture and make the world’s greatest John Deere > the steel plow-can cut prairie grass Cyrus Mc. Cormick > the mechanical reaper-work of 50 men

Communication Improves Samuel Morse > the telegraph Peter Cooper – the steam locomotive in America- called the “Tom Thumb” Robert Fulton > the Steamboat-

The First Unions First American unions came into existence in the 1840’s Ex. Factory Girls Association/National Trades Union Commonwealth vs. Hunt (1845) stated unions were legal if peaceful

The Old Immigration Factory jobs attracted America’s first great wave of immigration Called the “Old Immigration” Immigrants role is to provide cheap labor 1830 s-1850 s

The Old Immigrants came from – 1) England – 2) Germany-because of political problems – 3) The Irish- because of the Potato Famine -were discriminated against because they were Roman Catholic

Nativism Anti-immigrant prejudice Strongest against the Irish Formed an antiimmigrant political party in the 1850 s called the “Know. Nothings”