Teacher’s Guide
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The Industrial Revolution Teacher's Guide (PDF, 1.38 MB)
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Primary Sources
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Lippitt Mill, 825 Main Street, West Warwick, Kent County, RI
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First Telegraphic Message---24 May 1844
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Growth of Cities in the United States
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Child Labor in the Canning Industry of Maryland
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Resolution on Enlarging the Locks of the Erie Canal
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New Map of the Union Pacific Railway...
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Anti-trust cartoons]: Nursery Rhymes for Infant Industries
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(1.08 MB) Something New Starts Every Day
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(350 KB)Solvay Process Co.s Works, Syracuse
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Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pa
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Mrs. Langdon Stewardson requests funds for National Child Labor Committee
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With Drops of Blood: The History of the Industrial Workers of the World Has Been Written.
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