Energy

Energy by Julija Vinckeviciute

Elphaba, where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it - "history."

This is my presentation: This is my Works Cited My works cited is also located on my noodle tools. If you'd like, I can e-mail it to you. Just let me know Everything below is kind of like a notepad. Not really worth reading, unless you really want to...

El Thesis: The Industrial Revolution brought drastic changes to the American social sphere.

Begin with only man power/animals --> slavery New steel tools, cotton gin, interchangable parts --> more slavery v. guns to fight that Watermills for factories like textile mills Steam engine --> better transportation/communication [] [] Discovery electricity --> Lightbulb etc. Communication (telegraph to land line phones to cellphones) Coal for stuff Packinghouses (Still man power but woth mechanization) Pollution!!! Dams: clean but bad for environment?.... Teddy's smart use of resources Clean soarces (e.g. swolar, winmill) How much energy people use nowadays and how hard it is to imagine life without energy. Nuclear []

Cotton gin- 1793: 180,000 lbs. of cotton harvested in US. 1795: over 6 mill. lbs. of cotton harvested in US 1810: 93 mill. lbs. of cotton harvested in US Eli Whitney invented cotton gin in late 1793 Before the cotton gin, a person could only hope to clean one pound of cotton per day, but with it, 50 pounds of cotton could be cleaned This invention is said to have started the Industrial Revolution The steam engine was then incorporated into it to increase production even further. Resulted in a large increase in cotton production, which lead to an economical revival of the Deep South. Tobacco and indigo used to be the two cash-crops, because cotton was so hard to clean, but with the invention of the cotton gin, cotton rivaled even tobacco in profits. Cotton could flourish anywhere, even in Texas Ended crop rotation Since cotton was so profitable, it began to overtake smaller farms that were growing food to create large plantations and co-op farms. Food supply decreased. Whole communities would grow the same crop - cotton. When cotton was down, everybody in the community suffered. When cotton was up, they all rushed to produce a lot of it, driving prices down. America had started to get off the slave train and use immigrants or indentured servants as a labor source, but large cotton production required extensive cheap labor, so slavery became increasingly more popular. [] Larger versions with horses or water power 1798: Mass production of interchangable parts for muskets Cotton gin made rise of South Cotton King, but North won Civil war with the musket Due to the spread of large plantations in the South, in 1850: 7/8ths of immigrants settled in North where 72% of the manufacturing took place. []

Industrial Revolution- Driven by water power Many small rivers and streams in the North... A factory springs up, people rush in to work, businesses follow, and then there's a town! Textile industry was biggest user of water power: "Spinning Jenny" to spin cotton supassed in 1769 by the water frame (invented by Richard Arkwright) One water wheel could power a whole factory Construction of dams to harness even more energy Pre-planned industrial towns formed, like Holyoke (picture available) (other ind. town []) [] 1831: Horse-drawn reaper invented by Cyrus McCormick, which harvested crops five times faster than before using a hand scythe [] First revolution since the Neolithic Revolution at the end of the Stone Age. That one was from hunting-gathering to agriculture. This one was from agriculture to manufacturing. Giant movement to urban areas. A lot more goods were produced. Most middle and upper class people saw improvements, but many lower classes saw economical downfall. 1776: //The Wealth of Nations// by Adam Smith published. Explains a hands-off approach which opened up the capitalism in America Coal was another major driving force of the Industrial Revolution. It enabled the production of iron, a cheap and abundant resource, to be used in the production of heavy machinery. Iron was used in the construction of railroads []

Electricity- Even though Benjamin Franklin's famous kite flying experiment explored electricity as early as 1752, considerable amounts of electricity or machines to use it were not developed until much later (late nineteenth century). Therefore, electricity had little impact on the Industrial Revolution. []

Railroads- Quickened transportation and communication. Goods could be transported across the country, so a more unified nation. 1883: Trains had to run on schedule, so four formal time zones were established in the United States.

Steamships- Made a relatively cheap and quick passage to the United States, increasing immigrant influx. from AP US History for Dummies

Steam engine- 1689: First steam engine used by Thomas Savery to pump water out of mines. 1712: Thomas Newcomen and James Watt improve the steam engine (the latter for use outside the mining industry) Allowed factories that had used water power to be locateed away from bodies of water.

Textile Industry- Used to be done at home, now moved to large factories in the cities 1830: sewing machine invented by Barthelemy Thimonnier. Allowed for the production of ready-made clothing. Steadier incomes for families instead of seasonal agriculture Work for children who would otherwise be on the streets Work for women who could be more independent The Industrial Revolution from Turning Points in World History

Affects on women- Women replaced many men in textile factories []

Telgraph- 1837: Telgraph invented by Samuel Morse in US and Sir Charles Wheatston/Sir WIlliam F. Cooke in Britain 1844: Morse sent the first public telegraph

The Steel Industry- 1855: Sir Henry Bessemer developed a method of cvonverting molten pig iron into steel []

Quick glance at chronological order of Textile revolution- 1712: Newcomen Steam Engine 1733: Flying Shuttle, Automation of Textile Making 1764: Increadded Yarn and Thread Production 1769: James Watt's Improved Steam Engine 1769: Spinning Frame (aka Water Frame) 1779: Spinning Mule Increases Veriaty of Threads and Yarns 1785: Power Loom's Effect on Women 1793: Cotton Gin 1830: Practical Sewing Machines and Ready-made Clothing []