The Industrial Revolution in United States History
In: In United States History Ser
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: A CENTURY OF PROGRESS -- First Hundred Years of Industrialization -- Chapter 2: THE REVOLUTION BEGINS -- The Industrial Revolution Began in Europe -- Industrialization of the Textile Industry -- The Steam Engine Is Invented -- The Change in People's Lives -- Chapter 3: INDUSTRY IN AMERICA -- The Government Encourages Industry -- Patent Laws Encourage Invention -- Eli Whitney's Contributions -- Chapter 4: THE FACTORY SYSTEM -- Textile Factories in Lowell, Massachusetts -- A Changing Workforce -- Factory Conditions -- City Life -- Chapter 5: ROADS, BOATS, AND RAILROADS -- Overland Roads -- Steamboats -- Canals Connect the Nation's Rivers -- MAP - Canals - Mid-1800s -- Railroads -- Chapter 6: NEW WAYS TO COMMUNICATE -- Samuel Morse and the Telegraph -- Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone -- Thomas Edison's Inventions -- The Many Uses of Electricity -- Chapter 7: THE AGE OF BIG BUSINESS -- Combinations and Mergers -- Andrew Carnegie and the Steel Industry -- John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil -- The Antitrust Movement -- Theodore Roosevelt Fights Monopolies -- Chapter 8: LIFE IN THE LATE 1800S -- Overcrowded Tenement Houses -- The Brighter Side of City Life -- Women in the Industrial Revolution -- Street Peddlers -- Children and Public Education -- Looking Toward the Future -- Chapter 9: INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- The Middle Class -- Women, Minorities, and Children -- The Age of the Automobile -- Motor Vehicle Registration and Sales, 1900-1930 -- The Second Industrial Revolution -- World War I Speeds Industrialization -- Life Between the Wars -- The New Deal -- America Enters World War II -- Opportunities for Women and Minorities -- Chapter 10: THE INDUSTRIAL LEGACY -- TIMELINE -- CHAPTER NOTES -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- Back Cover