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Industrialization
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Hopewell Furnace: A Pennsylvania Iron-making Plantation
tells the story of one of the 65 small ironworks operating in southeast Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. The Hopewell Furnace, located in forested hills and valleys along... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Paterson, New Jersey: America's Silk City
examines conditions that led to the famous 1913 strike in a city that produced nearly half the U.S.'s manufactured silk. Conflicts between labor and management increased in the U.S... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Picturing Modern America
helps students learn about modern America (1880-1920) by analyzing primary sources. Topics include immigration, the city, women and suffrage, industrialization, the West, children's... (Education Development Center, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting
presents 3882 photos and 470 interview excerpts from a 1994 study of occupational culture in the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. Founded in 1791, Paterson, New Jersey... (Library of Congress) |
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Waterford, Virginia: From Mill Town to National Historic Landmark
tells the story of a village west of Washington, D.C. In 1733, Amos Janney purchased 400 acres along Catoctin Creek and built a mill for grinding flour and sawing wood. As fellow... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Wheat Farms, Flour Mills, and Railroads: A Web of Interdependence
examines those three industries as they evolved together in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and North Dakota during the late 1800s. The three depended on each other for success and... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Building America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts
features one of the oldest surviving textile mill complexes in the U.S. Learn how technology revolutionized the textile-manufacturing industry, and, in turn, affected mill... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Saugus Iron Works: Life and Work at an Early American Industrial Site
examines life and work at the first successful integrated ironmaking plant in colonial America (from 1646 until 1668, 10 miles north of Boston)... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America
looks at this area (along the Lehigh River) that became the center of industry and community for Moravians, a Protestant group that migrated to colonial America seeking opportunity and... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Mechanics Hall: Symbol of Pride and Industry
traces the history of Mechanics Hall and Worcester back to the industrial revolution. Built by the mechanics association for classes, public debates, lectures, and entertainment, the... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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