Industrial Immigration!!!
By: Blake Sammons
Task #1
Ellis Island!
Immigrants! Most likely at Ellis Island!
Angel Island
So what exactly is an Industrial Revolution?
The Definition!
The Industrial Revolution was a time period when manufacturing process's changed to new and more useful process's. During this time period, many of the people decided to build factories and make new inventions. There were also people we hear about everyday who's inventions are still used today. The original inventions would not work like they did back then, but that is why we have people who add things to them or change how they work to make them available for use today.
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution!
The Model-T Ford!
The idea of Henry Ford, the Model-T was he first automotive vehicle to be used in everyday life. It was a simple car with replaceable and easy-to-build parts. If something was to go wrong or if something was to break, the workers could easily find and fix the part. This is all because of Ford's other invention, the assembly line. By using the assembly line, workers could build things faster and put things on easier, the same way. The cars on the assembly line were all exactly alike calling for the same exact parts. Today, we use the assembly line, but we use it for many cars, so if we need a part we actually have to find it and order it rather than being able to go to a shop and having it right there.
The Telephone!
The idea of Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone allowed for people to communicate by voice for long distances. As you can see in the picture, there are people putting plugs into slots. That is to link people to calls so they can talk. Many people had to work along these walls to make sure everybody could talk to who they wanted, but they could also intercept the calls which was most likely common. You also could never have more than two people on a call because the way the wires were set up, they was only a two way plug.
The Sewing Machine!
The idea of Elias Howe, the sewing machine allowed people to make their clothes quicker and easy. The rapid movement of a stable needle allowed for people to move their cloth through it to stitch and make clothing. Many people who came after Howe had saw the invention and decided to make it better. They also decided to sell it to many people to improve their lives even more and to say it was their own product. Yet this invention has a good side and a bad side. The good side is it could make and stitch clothing faster for people to wear, but the bad side is the sharp needle could severely hurt somebody is it was fast enough.
Inventors of the Industrial Revolution!
Orville and Wilbur Wright!
From down under, in the small bicycle shop, the Wright brothers had created the first successful plane. After man trials that failed, they finally made there way to Kitty Hawk, NC, where they had their famous 12 second flight. This breakthrough changed the way people saw transportation. People had begun to plan other plans to make more planes that could fly further distances. Today we see huge aircraft's that can go to the deep parts of space and many that can fly around the world.
John Roebling!
As you can see in the picture, it is not a person but an invention. That invention is the suspension bridge. We see many today around the world but we must give the credit to Roebling. But today we use them mainly for cars but Roebling had wanted to create them for railroad use. These trains had to get to far away places through rough terrain and Roebling had made that trek quicker and easy to get through rough areas of terrain.
Changes!
Agricultural Changes!
Many inventions that were created before the Industrial Revolution were changed during the Industrial Revolution. Just like the cotton gin, it was a small "machine" that required manual work. The Industrial Revolution made it into one big machine that could produce a lot more in a quicker time. It ran on power but you had to manually put cotton in for the machine to be "working" correctly.
Transportation Changes!
Today we see trains, cars, ships and planes. Back then these were just being made. From the Steam Engine, the Steam Boat, the Model-T, and the first plane, these were all ideas and creations of the Industrial Revolution. Over time, these inventions have had problems and they have been bettered to what we have today. These inventions made new ways of all types of terrain travel quicker, easier, and cheaper. It also helped people expand their land by getting to the unexplored faster.
My Summary!
What I Think!
I do really think that some of the investigations we have today are important for us but the way they were created were harsh. We used children to build some of these things and the factories caused a lot of pollution to happen. People were also severely hurt on the job which also downgraded the economy. People were harmed and hated the Revolution because of the harsh times they had to go through, but many people think it was good because we would have never been here without all of these inventions!
Blake Sammons and Citations!
Works Cited
Carafiello, Ashley. Listofinventorsandinventions (n.d.): n. pag. Web. For inventions and inventors ideas!
"Industrial Revolution Inventors Chart." Industrial Revolution Inventors Chart. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2015.Task #2
Positive and Negative Sides of the Industrial Revolution!
Positives!
- More useful tools were being created.
- Inventions made everyday events easier and faster.
- Made many people rich quickly.
- Women had gained more jobs than they used to have.
- Many types of machines were being created to build things quicker. They were also used for everyday life.
- Many countries worldwide had industrialized creating a big Revolution.
- There was a lot more mass production.
- Philanthropy was very common.
- Industrialization diversed the economy a lot more.
- It brought many more people, called immigrants, over from other continents creating more spots filled in jobs.
Negatives!
- When factories were built, a lot of pollution began to happen.
- There were a lot of unfilled jobs.
- Factory owners treated the workers harshly with long hours and low wages.
- Industrialization created poor working classes.
- There were not very many skilled workers.
- There was a lot of child labor use because families needed as much money as they could get.
- Injuries of all kinds of workers were very common with the new heavy machinery.
- The factories that were built had wasted a lot of space for house which other people could have used.
- Overall, people were treated poorly and they were not paid well through any job.