American Idustrial Revolution: Exaplains what the revolution was, why it began, who it affected and how, leading inventors and engineers, pros & cons, problem and solution. The prestation was followed with a class discusion and a 21 question game involving the inventors and engineers that were presented in the power point.

1. AmericanIndustrial Revolution By: Brandon Lawson, Veronica Esquivel, Jackie Villarreal

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKeLVgd1NU&feature=related

3. What Was The Industrial Revolution? Definition: rev-o-lu-tion(noun) forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system An era in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile, metal manufacturing, transportation, economic policies, and the social structure throughout the leading countries of the world American Revolution: 1820-1870

5. Better Transportation

6. Economic Independence

8. John Deere (steel plow)

9. Elias Howe (sewing machine)

10. Cyrus McCormick (reaper for quicker harvest)

11. Samuel Morse (telegraph)

12. Robert Fulton (steam boat)

13. James Watt (steam engine)

14. Thomas Edison (light bulb)

15. Alexander Bell (telephone)

16. Karl Benz (automobile)

18. Began the formation of the working middle class

19. Families relocated for job opportunities

20. Migrations resulted in:

21. Over population

22. Housing shortages

23. Residential slums

24. Women and child labor (chap and unskilled)

25. Average population was part of the poor working class

26. Very small percentage was of the rich elite

27. Laborers worked 14-16 hour shift a day

28. Working conditions were dangerous and sometimes unsanitary

29. Poverty

33. Promote self-awareness

34. Self absorbed?

36. Hispanic community

37. Growing population

38. Land of opportunity

40. New businesses

41. San Antonio population nearly doubled in the last 35 years

42. Amtrak still used by few cities

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