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America sure did have a few growing pains during the Industrial Revolution. Share the problems, causes, effects, and reformation that marked the turn of the century and shift in policy during US industrialization. This slide show provides images intended to accompany any unit on the Industrial Revolution. Topic covered are: major inventions, Robber Barons, child labor, progressivism, temperance, suffrage, unionization and regulation.

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henry ford, the assembly line, canals, child labor, labor unions, progressivism, railroads, steam engines, telegraphs, temperance, the cotton gin, the industrial revolution

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canals, child labor, cotton gin, edison, ford, industrial regulation, industrial revolution, labor unions, progressivism, railroads, robber barons, steam engine, telegraph, telephone, temperance, woman's suffrage, social studies
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8th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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