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HISTORY
TIMELINE
Timeline of Industrial Revolution events from 1765 to 1908.
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DAY IN THE LIFE IN ...
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
by Jacquelin Cangro
Meet Herman and his family as they marvel at all of the inventions
on display at the 1876 World’s Fair in Philadelphia.
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LUDDITES: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Abigail Mieko Vargus
Have you ever heard the word Luddite? These days, you might be called a Luddite if you refuse to use e-mail.
It’s a catch-all term used to describe technophobes (people who are scared of technology).
But the real Luddites, passionate rebels of early 1800s with secret codes and stealthy attacks, weren’t technophobes at all.
They were just fighting to survive. Read about their battles for an endangered way of life.
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MEDICINE DURING THE NDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Ilene Goldman
Much of what we know today about sickness and health was learned during the Industrial
Revolution – for example, what causes disease, how diseases spread, how to prevent some illnesses, and how to cure others – find out how.
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MARY SHELLEY AND THE MONSTER
Lauren Tunnell
The Frankenstein character Mary Shelley created would become
the subject of countless movies and television programs.
Even now, the creature from the Frankenstein story and
the image of the huge lumbering monster, held together
with stitches and bolts, is familiar to people all over
the world as an example of technology gone awry. Explore
how events in Mary’s personal life, combined with
events of the Industrial Revolution turned a nightmare
into a famous novel.
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SAMUEL SLATER: FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Rachel Hartman
Samuel Slater's contributions to the cotton industry set off
sparks that helped light the fires of the American Industrial
Revolution. Read about his upbringing in England, life in America
and contributions to a new era.
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THE MILL GIRLS OF LOWELL
Angel Lyn Nance
Explore the daily lives of the young women who worked in the cotton mills of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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THE ERIE CANAL: A LITTLE SHORT OF MADNESS
Mac Carey
The Erie Canal, which ran through northern New York, connected for the first time the interior of the country with the Atlantic Ocean.
Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States during one of the early proposals, had called the idea “a little short of madness.”
Learn about the building of the manmade waterway permanently changed the geography and population of the United States, and America’s standing in the world.
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A REVOLUTION IN READING FOR THE MASSES
Steve Carper
Uncover how a new print revolution spurred daily newspapers, dime novels and created a literate and informed America that was the envy of the world.
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CYRUS FIELD AND THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD
Melissa Thomas-Dubois
In 1850, the only way to get a message across the Atlantic Ocean was to send it on a ship.
It could be weeks before the message arrived.
Meet the man who saw the future of transcontinental communications - Cyrus Field.
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ELISHA OTIS AND THE TOOLS OF LIBERTY
Pat Sherman
It is estimated that the equivalent of the world’s population travels up and down by elevator every seventy-two hours.
Find out how an idea by an inventor and showcased by P.T. Barnum has become the mode of transportation for high-rises everywhere. |
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THE HUNT FOR BLACK GOLD
Deborah Bryson
Ancient Egyptians used the greenish-black stuff to prepare mummies for burial.
Native Americans treated skin diseases, rheumatism, and stomach disorders with the smelly substance. Known as bitumen, pitch, tar, asphaltum, and slime, it bubbled to the earth’s surface in seeps, springs, and pits, and coated creeks and rivers with a greasy film.
No one knew what riches lay beneath the earth’s surface until a hot August afternoon in Pennsylvania in 1859.
When the first oil drillers struck black gold, the future of the world changed forever.
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FROM RUSSIA TO KANSAS
Lisa Goins
In October 1873, a delegation of twelve Mennonite men from southern Russia signed an agreement with the Santa Fe to buy land in Kansas.
Why would Russians purchase land in a state called the Great American Desert?
Kansan farmers were selling their homesteads by the dozens and relocating to other states.
Read about the numerous events that occurred in these two countries, separated by thousands of miles, which led to one of the largest groups of foreign immigrants moving to the United States. |
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RICHES AND RIGHTS: FORGING AMERICA’S STEEL
Deborah Bryson
Inside the work sheds, temperatures climbed higher than 130 degrees.
Showers of fiery hot sparks rained down on men toiling in the fire pits.
The roar and thunder of exploding metal mingled with the hiss of escaping steam.
Grimy men labored twelve-hour shifts for pennies a day. Their labor produced the metal that built American factories, railroads, and cities.
Inside the steel mills of the nineteenth century, a Scottish-born industrialist built an empire and American workers forged modern ideas about property and workers’ rights.
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THE TELEPHONE AND HOW IT BECAME EASIER TO USE
David A. Norris
On March 7, 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell was granted
the first patent for a telephone. Bell was not finished working
on his telephone, but thought he should get a patent. It’s
a good thing he did. A few hours after Bell brought his paperwork
to the Patent Office, another inventor arrived with his own
version of the telephone. Read how Bell’s invention went
from a simple prototype to a household device most can’t
do without.
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EDISON: THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK
Virginia Stevens
Peer into the world of the “wizard of Menlo Park” – Thomas
Edison – the man who opened the doors for every home
in the United States to have electrical lighting.
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FORT FRICK: THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE
Samantha Bell
Explore the events at steel plant in Homestead, Pa. in the
summer of 1889 that turned into one of the bloodiest battles
between labor and management.
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