USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The beginning of industrialization in the United States is usually pegged to the opening of a textile mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1793 by the recent English immigrant Samuel Slater.

Detailed explanation-2: -The American Industrial Revolution, sometimes referred to as the Second Industrial Revolution, began in the 1870s and continued through World War II. The era saw the mechanization of agriculture and manufacturing and the introduction of new modes of transportation including steamships, the automobile, and airplanes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The industrial revolution in the North, during the first few decades of the 19th century, brought about a machine age economy that relied on wage laborers, not slaves. At the same time, the warmer Southern states continued to rely on slaves for their farming economy and cotton production.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution began in the Northeast, but it eventually spread throughout much of the country by the early 1900s. Large cities formed around factories and new technologies improved the production of goods, transportation, and communications. The way of life for Americans was changed forever.

Detailed explanation-5: -But the beginnings of the industrial revolution in the prewar years was almost exclusively limited to the regions north of the Mason-Dixon line, leaving much of the South far behind. In 1860, the South was still predominantly agricultural, highly dependent upon the sale of staples to a world market.