THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
By-- Kran aka Karen, Embo aka Emily, Sarah aka Sarah
What You Will Be Learning Today!!!
Today you will be learning about the Industrial Revolution-- what happened during the time, famous people and other events going on at that time.
Important Events going on at the time of the Industrial Revolution
- The Industrial Revolution- 1800's
- The Reconstruction-1863
- The Westward Expansion- 1803
- The Homestead Act- 1862
- The Dawes Act- 1887
- The American-Indian War- 1864
- The Battle of Little Bighorn- 1876
- The GIlded Age- 1890ish
Famous People at the Time of this Period
- Eli Whitney- invented the cotton gin
- James Watt- improved on steam engine
- Samuel F.B. Morse- invented the Morse Code
- Elias Howe- created the lockstitch
- Alexander Graham Bell- invented the telephone
- Thomas Edison- invented a carbon filament
- NIkola Tesla- discovered the electromagnetic motor
- Rudolf Diesel- developed a diesel engine
- Orville and Wilbur Wright- created the first successful airplane/ improved on the bicycle