Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Industrial Growth 1865-1914

Chapter 20 reading is pages 572-597.


MACHINES!
LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION!
SMOKESTACK FACTORIES!


In the late 1800's and 1900's, a new 
"economic order" changed the way people worked, ran their businesses, and lived.


COMPUTERS!
INTERNET!
RAPID TRANSFER OF INFORMATION!


Today, another new "economic order" is taking shape. Businesses are reinventing themselves and people are scrambling to adjust.


Here's a link to learn more about the Industrial Revolution. Yes, the link says
"kid info", but it's a good portal to several
sites. 


Learn more by reading and flipping through a photo album. (Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States.)

Check out an interactive immigration history map. Click on any county in the USA to learn its foreign-born population!

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