The Erie Canal opens and allows goods toflow between the Great Lakes and NewYork City.

Work began on the Baltimore & OhioRailroad, the nation’s first commercialrailroad.

Women made up 80% of the textile millwork force in America.

Cholera Pandemic in New York state causedby water pollution of densely populatedurban slums.

The Panic of 1837

Samuel F.B. Morse develops the firstfunctional telegraph.

The Industrial Revolution completelytransformed the United States until iteventually grew into the largest economy inthe world and became the most powerfulglobal superpower.

The industrial revolution occurred in anumber of places across the world includingEngland, North America, ContinentalEurope, Eastern Europe and Asia.

Took place between 1750 and 1850

Took place between 1850 and 1914

Full-scale Industrialization didn’t occur inAmerica until two textile manufacturers,Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell,introduced mechanized textilemanufacturing to the United States in thelate 1790s and early 1800s.

The American industrial revolution began inNew England.

Massachusetts’s role in the industrialrevolution was pivotal, particularly becauseof its textile mills.

In 1800, only 6 percent of the population ofAmerica lived in cities but by 1900, thatnumber had increased to 40 percent

Prior to the 19th century, most Americanswho were not employed in agricultureperformed a skilled trade

Poor working conditions and low wages ledto the growth of labor unions

A new middle class/bourgeoisie

The United States had a number of naturalresources, such as timber, water, coal, iron,copper, silver and gold.

Industries took advantage of these naturalresources to manufacture a number ofgoods to put on the market.

Railroad networks in the U.S. promoted thegrowth of industries like coal and steel andsped up the transportation of goods tomarket

Railroad work also attracted a large numberof immigrant workers to the United States

The immigrants who migrated to Americawere young

Hard workers who were not afraid of riskand arrived determined to make somethingof themselves

The lack of government regulation allowedbusinesses to flourish and grow at a rapidpace

Business owners had full control of theircompanies without governmentinterference

In the second half of the 19th century, newinventions brought about even moreindustrialization.

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