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U.S. Industrial Revolution
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Ages: 14 - 18
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This video is accompanied by text. "In the final decades of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced an industrial transformation. Over the course of approximately 30 years, America became an industrial and agricultural giant and the wor...ld’s greatest economic power. By 1894, the U.S. ranked first among the manufacturing nations of the world. Several factors contributed to this second American Industrial Revolution and the birth of modern America. An abundance of natural resources were discovered and exploited, creating new industries as well as opportunities for established industries to grow..." (Professionally produced material with scholarly ideas and arguments.)
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December 29, 2009 at 12:34 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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This video is accompanied by text. "The small businesses that supported the pre-Civil War economy could not satisfy the rapidly growing national markets. Entrepreneurs quickly developed systems of mass production and distribution to meet growing nati...onal needs. The resulting expansion in industry went hand-in-hand with industrial combination and concentration, enabling a few business leaders to dominate the largest markets of the time..." (Professionally produced material with scholarly ideas and arguments.)
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December 29, 2009 at 12:37 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This five minute video shows how the wealthy pushed the workers to the breaking point and thus resulted in a strike action in one of Carnegie's plants. Explains his hiring of leaders who promoting violence who attacked the striking union workers. Car...neige's men hired armed men to remove the strikers. Carneige went to Scotland during this time period. The victory of the violent strike breakers helped change the face of the union movement for a time. A good video that shows what happened and explains why.
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February 27, 2011 at 08:06 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Dan Snow travels back to a seething Manhattan in the throes of the industrial revolution. Millions fled persecution, poverty and famine in Europe in the 19th century in search of the Promised Land. When they arrived what they found was even worse tha...n what they'd left behind. New York was a city consumed by filth and corruption, its massive immigrant population crammed together in the slums of Lower Manhattan. Dan succumbs to some of the deadly disease-carrying parasites that thrived in the filthy, overcrowded tenement buildings. He has a go at cooking with some cutting edge 19th century ingredients - clothes dye and floor cleaner - added to disguise reeking fetid meat. And he marvels at some of the incredible feats of engineering that transformed not just the city, but the world. (59:06)
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January 8, 2013 at 07:13 PM
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Ages: 6 - 18
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By the late 1700s, the coal powered steam engine was widely used in English factories. Its operation, based on valve-piston action, was a great advancement for its time, further increasing industrial productivity. This video does a good job of showin...g how the steam engine works and its importance in the Industrial Revolution. Best used as part of a study on technology and/or with a drawing of a steam engine as the video is short.
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September 26, 2010 at 08:03 PM
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Ages: 6 - 18
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This videos explains the origins of Labor Day, the American holiday which served to honor its workers. Learn how Americas unions came together to take the day off from work and march to celebrate the accomplishments of the working men and women in th...e United States and Canada. Should be shown every Labor Day as well as a unit of study on the impact of unions in history.
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September 6, 2010 at 06:41 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This slide show shows the conditions for children in the work force during this time period of American history.
May 22, 2010 at 03:10 PM
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Ages: 8 - 18
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This 2:30 minute long video provides insights into the beginning of the manufacturing revolution that changed the American way of life. The assembly line is stressed with its ability to make products faster and thus reduce the cost, but it also shows... how workers were treated poorly. The Progressive Era is explained as a result of the abuses or poor people and workers. A good overview.
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February 26, 2011 at 08:18 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This video segment adapted from American Experience tells the story of how New York State Governor De Witt Cinton championed the building of an all-water route from New York City to the Great Lakes. Although many felt it was doomed to financial failu...re, Clinton came up with a new approach to funding a public works project with private investments. In 1825, the 363-mile Erie Canal was completed ahead of schedule and on budget, and forever changed national and international trade in the U.S. Run time 02:35.
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January 26, 2011 at 10:01 PM
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Ages: 6 - 18
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Opened in 1825, the Erie Canal was one of the most extraordinary engineering feats of the 19th century, connecting eastern ports and manufacturing with the rest of the country. Explains the importance of the canal to the economy and to the start of M...anifest Destiny. A map of the canal would be of value if it shows how it connects the Great Lakes to the Hudson and the Atlantic eventually.
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January 24, 2011 at 08:43 PM
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