Industrialized America
During this unit, we learned all about the Industrial Revolution and it’s impacts on various people throughout America. Our exhibit was about slaves and their impact on the Industrial Revolution. We had multiple photos of sources we used. These included charts, graphs, maps, and excerpts. In our first source, it showed us the map of British cotton trade around 1850. We highlighted all the routes that entered and left Britain to really emphasize Britain’s reach on the world. Our next source was the cover of a history textbook, which showed an African boy in an hour glass doing manual labor. It emphasizes how the back breaking labor and terrible treatment of the slaves fueled the Industrial Revolution. Next, we had a picture showing what a typical piece of land with factories on it would look like. The factories were right by the water for the water’s power, and in the distance were the boarding houses. Following that we had a graph, which showed t...