What was life like before the American Industrial Revolution? What types of jobs did people have?
What was life like after the American Industrial Revolution? What types of jobs did people have?
What region of the United States did communication and transportation really grow during the American Industrial Revolution?
What was life like as an immigrant in the 1800s in the United States?
Some people viewed immigrants as an opportunity to have “cheap labor.” What does this mean?
>What was life like before the American Industrial Revolution? What types of jobs did people have? America was a mostly agrarian country, with the entire economy of America revolving around the agricultural products of its various regions, the exceptions mainly being in areas more focused on maritime trade and fishing (such as New England)
>What region of the United States did communication and transportation really grow during the American Industrial Revolution? The Rust Belt, the state of Illinois saw Chicago become a major transportation and communications hub and one of the most strategically important cities in the United States due to its key position on Lake Michigan and its access to many rail lines out of the city
