Industrial Revolution

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Industrial Revolution

By J. Collins

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Industrial Revolution

The IR is when people stopped making stuff at home and started making stuff in factories.

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Cottage Industry

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Factory system

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Cotton gin

His cotton gin removed the seeds out of raw cotton.

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Steam Engine

The steam engine was not just a transportation device. It ran entire factories the way rivers used to.

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Steam engine

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Railroads

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Transcontinental RR

The transcontinental railroad made travel across the country faster, cheaper and more efficient.

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The transcontinental RR met in Utah

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Canals

Canals are manmade waterways dug between 2 large bodies of water.

The Erie Canal was a short cut from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.

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Erie Canal 1825

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal was a shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific (or backwards).

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Panama Canal

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Telegraph

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. It communicated using a series of beeps (Morse code).