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Industrial Revolution Visual Essay Redux

 * Industrial Revolution Visual Essay Redux

Grading: content 70 points Overview of the orings and results of the Industrial Revolution in America 30 points Use of 15 vocab words in correct context 20 points Two areas of emphasis 20 points

Presentation 30 points Regular presenting conentions: eye contact, engaging the audience, clear voice, evidence of rehearsal and a working, conversational presentation of the information without reading your work to the audience

Your presentation should invlude: AN overview of America's Industrial Revolution, the orgins and results of the Revolution, and an emphasis on two areas from the list below:

factory system, immigration, urbanization, labor laws, unions/strikes, working conditions, inventions, capitalist success stories, rise of the middle class, rise in standard of living, environmental pollution, government support of business.

List of notable capitalists: [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)]. This Wikipedia page has an enormous list of notable business owners of the 19th century.

Vocab words:

l Social class, antebellum, capitalism, market economy, market specialization, judicial federalism, tariff, state’s rights, Jacksonian democracy, commerce, transportation corridor, depression l boycott l boom l bust l capital l human resource l division of labor l consumer good l stock market l unemployment ||