Bell Ringer

Name 3 minerals found in Utah to Mine

Tell me 3 dangerous working conditions about mining.

What was the Scofield mine disaster? How did the Company store treat the

miners?

Introduction to one of the greatest events in TIME!

Objectives: You will be able to… Understand what it was, the affects on

America, and the affects in Utah

What was the Industrial Revolution? A complete change in the way things were made (“Industry” = way things are made and “Revolution” = a complete change) Focus is on late 19th century to early 20th century (1860’s-1900’s)

Before the Revolution…

Most things were made by hand in people’s homes or little shops by people’s homes. For Example: If you wanted shoes, you

would go to the home of the “shoemaker” and he would measure your feet and you would go back to his home in a few weeks to pick it up.

During and After the Revolution… Most things were made by machines in

factoriesFor Example: Think about the shoes you are

wearing now!

Where did it start?

England What did it start with?

The Textile Industry

How was it brought to America? An Englishman

named Samuel Slater memorized the machinery of a textile mill, immigrated to America and built the first textile mills here.

What contributions did Americans develop?

Americans later added the concept of interchangeable parts (Eli Whitney) and the assembly line (Henry Ford). Before the concept of interchangeable parts was developed, each part in a manufactured good was uniqueFor example, a gunsmith made every part of a gun

by hand, so each gun was unique. If a part of a gun broke, you had to take it back to a gunsmith and they would take measurements and make a new part to fit your unique gun. After the concept of interchangeable parts, guns are mass produced. If a part of a gun breaks you can order a new part from the factory that made it.

Positive Effects The single greatest effect of

the Industrial Revolution is that prices have fallen for food and manufactured goods.

As a result we have a much higher standard of living today than any other time in history.

We also have much more free time to pursue hobbies and an education.

Negative effects

Pollution Garbage:

Packaging of goods. ○ most of the garbage before the Industrial

Revolution was biodegradable (usually animal bones and plant products such as peelings or pits)

Negative continued… Time related stress: there was no such thing as tardiness

before the Industrial Revolution. Factories with assembly lines had to start at a certain time. Bells Clocks

Work related stress Work fast or get fired

Loss of uniqueness of products Everything is the same

Mass production mentality Education

Utah’s State Motto

“Industry”- Busy as a beehive. Mormons had to provide things on their own for the longest time

Changes in Utah

Electrifying Utah!Lucien L. Nunn was a major figure in

bringing electric power to the Intermountain West.

April 1908

Provo Woolen MillRailroads help with shipping of

products and importing parts of machinery.

Changes Continued…

Salt Industry The demand for Utah salt greatly increased when silver

mines opened, since salt was used in the reduction of ore.

Flour MillsTo keep up with improvements meant replacing

water power in the mills with steam or electricity and substituting metal rollers for milling stones.

Effects on Utah Transportation

The Golden Spike 1869More rail lines started to developed in

Utah. The Denver and Rio Grande Western

Railroad built resorts along the Great Salt Lake.

The Great Saltair The first Saltair, completed in

1893, was jointly owned by a corporation associated with the Mormons and LA and Salt Lake Railroad.

Saltair was one of the first amusement parks, and for a time was the most popular family destination west of New York. Some criticism was pointed at the Church over the sale of coffee, tea or alcohol (all of which are prohibited by Mormon doctrine), as well as Saltair's being open on Sunday.

Saltair Continued… Saltair be a "Coney Island

of the West" to help demonstrate that Utah was not a strange place of alien people and customs. This was part of a larger movement toward accommodation with American society that had begun in the early 1890s as church leaders made a conscious decision to bring the church into the mainstream of American life

Lagoon!• Samuel Bamberger was

building his Salt Lake to Ogden Railroad and so wanted to build an amusement park to incise people to come on his rail line.

• In July 1896, it opened with bowling, elegant dancing, fine music, and good restaurants

• Swimming and rowing in the ‘lagoon” was later added.

The Industrial Revolution brought changes in agriculture to Utah Steam power

Power from machinery had always come from horses and other large animals.

With steam power came the portable engine and then the traction engine.

Internal combustion enginesGas powered!

The cycle.

Farmers started to use machines to plant and harvest crops. The amount of food they could grow greatly increased.

Fewer farmers and farm hands were needed, so many people moved from the farms to the cities (where new factories needed workers)

For 100 Bushels:

Fun Fact

In 1850 it took about 185 hours of labor (yields were about 40 bushels per acre).

1900: about 35-40 hours (40 bushels per acre).

1945: about 10-14 hours (50 bushels per acre [because of new fertilizers]).

Today it takes about 2 1/2 hours (136 bushels per acre)