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Before the 1800s, most Americans were farmers and most goods were produced by hand. As a result of the industrial revolution, this situation slowly changed machines replaced hand tools

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The moment of population from farms to urban areas , or cities , began slowly in the early 1800 . As the nation industrialized, the pace quickened . In 1860 only one American in five lived in an urban area . by 1890, on in three did

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Boys and girls as young as seven worked in factories small children were especially useful in textile Mills because they could squeeze around the large machines to change spindles

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Some new inventions made work easier for farmers in 1825 Jethro wood began the manufacture of an iron plow with replaceable parts

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Worked long hours all year round

poor women had to go out and work wealthy families and women stayed home

cities sprang up around factories people were attracted to job opportunities

Lowell girls lived in boarding houses

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The industrial revolution started in britain in the mid 1700s , New machines transformed the textile industry

worked and had used spinning wheels to make thread. A spinning wheel could spin only one thread at a time In 1764

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The flood of immigrants swelled city populations so too did migration from to city within the country in fact many Americans left farms and migrated to cities to find a better life

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African Americans too sought a better life in cities by the 1890 the south side of chicago had a thriving African American