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My life connects with the Industrial Revolution because of the steel. The steel that was produced then was used for elevators, skyscrapers, railroads, bridges and machines. Steel is still used for those things today.

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The most interesting thing that I learned in this unit is that children were wanted as labor workers. I think it is interesting that they used them because they were small so they could fit into small places. They also used them because they didn't get tired as easily since they were younger.

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A new vocabulary word that I learned during this unit is silverites. They were people in a political party that believed that silver should be a standard along with gold.

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Railroads were a huge help in the Industrial Revolution. They were completed in 1869 and the Central and Pacific Railway met at Promontory, Utah. They caused a shift from a local economy to a national economy of goods. They made it easier to transport goods from one detestation to another.

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Thomas Edison was an inventor during the Industrial Revolution. He invented the light bulb which made it easier for workers to see when working. By the time that he died, he had a total of 1,093 patents. He also had the worlds first industrial research lab called Menlo Park, in New Jersey.

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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. He favored gold bugs and was born in Ohio. There was an election held on November 3rd, 1896 to be president. McKinley won the election against William Jennings Bryan, who favored silverites.