I. Another Revolution Effects America

During the 19th century new approaches to manufacturing took industry out of American households, and instead put it into large semi-mechanized factories. This included Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts for muskets. Factory systems which used power driven machines and laborers made mass production possible- the production of goods in large qualities. The craftsmen created one object from start to finish, but was eliminated due to mass production. Factory manufacturing became the cheapest and most profitable way to produce goods. Changes in manufacturing brought on the Industrial Revolution, which first began in Great Britain. Since the industrial revolution, there has been an advance in diet, medicine, and sanitation which enabled people to live longer. The country soon had more people than jobs making labor another important resource, which was always available and cheap. British merchants built the first factories, when they...