Eli Whitney
The Industrial Revolution
Biography
http://www.neoamericanist.org/paper/wynveen-paper-cotton-gin-antebellum-america
Catherine Greene
The cotton gin
The First Drawing
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/#documents
Cause and development of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
Positive/negative effects of Industrialism on cities
1. Education: The government required children to be in school for a certain number of hours, thus raising the knowledge of children who had to work in factories due to poverty.
2. Inventions: People began to notice certain necessities that were not present in their everyday lives. This, during the Industrial Revolution, caused an outbreak of inventors who had ideas to to make the world better with their inventions (ex. steamboats, x-rays, telephone, electricity).
3.Classes: Although the very few lower class suffered, the middle and higher classes thrived. The classes eventually became merged to become the evolutionary version of old times' lower, middle, and upper.
Negative:
1. Urbanization: Caused an increase in population, which in turns caused an increase in the pollution of the air, water, and other natural resources.
2. Child Labor: Children began having to work in factories trying to help provide for their families, resulting in less time in the classroom (which caused a re-occurring pattern in children and grandchildren).
3. Coal Mines: Although the coal mines provided a plethora a jobs for needy workers, they were also extremely dangerous and had high death rates on the job.
http://lhaldenss9.blogspot.com/2012/10/positive-and-negative-effects-of.html
Positive/negative effects of industrialism on rural life/environment
Textbook
Poor working conditions
Textbook
Industrial Revolution in Britain vs. Industrial Revolution in US
Textbook
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/PamMack/lec122sts/hobsbawm7.html
How is imperialism related to industrialism?
Textbook
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/PamMack/lec122sts/hobsbawm7.html
Adam Smith's capitalism vs. Karl Marx's communist theory
http://sites.google.com/site/coldwarzoew/adam-smith-vs-karl-marx