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The Early Industrial and Transportation
Revolution
The Early Industrial and Transportation
Revolution
Resourcefulness & Experimentation
Resourcefulness & Experimentation
Americans were willing to try
anything for economic advantage.
They were first copiers, then innovators.
Americans were willing to try
anything for economic advantage.
They were first copiers, then innovators.1800 41 patents were approved.
1860 4,357 “ “ “
1800 41 patents were approved.
1860 4,357 “ “ “
Results of IndustrializationProductivity IncreasesHousehold Income IncreasesPrices DecreaseOverall Standards of living improve
• Removed cotton seed from cotton fiber.
• Mass production of cotton• Cotton becomes major export and national commodity for US
• By 1860’s cotton accounted for more than ½ of the US economy
The invention which changed
the South, cotton and slavery.
Whitney Ends the Fiber Famine
Cotton gin invented in 1793 50 times more effective than hand picking
Raising cotton more profitable South needs slavery more than ever for “King Cotton”
New England factories flourish with Southern cotton
Southern farmers become wealthy
Interchangeable Parts
• Whitney is also noted for the concept of mass production and interchangeable parts by creating dyes for pistols and rifles.
• Very important early pioneer in America’s industrial revolution.
1807, Fulton's Clermont, was the first commercially successful and reliable
steamboat. Steam boat would revolutionize water travel.
The steamboat was often the only mechanical means of river travel and freight
transportation from 1808 through 1930.
1807, Fulton's Clermont, was the first commercially successful and reliable
steamboat. Steam boat would revolutionize water travel.
The steamboat was often the only mechanical means of river travel and freight
transportation from 1808 through 1930.
Henry Miller Shreve and the Improved Steamboat
Shreve designed a steamboat, the Heliopolis, that had a jaw-like device on its bow to pick up and remove snags to a sawmill on the boat's deck.
Double-Boiler Design of Engine
Elias Howe & Isaac Singer1840s
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe & Isaac Singer1840s
Sewing Machine
Perfected by SingerGave boost to northern industry
Became foundation for ready-made clothing industry
Led many women into factories
Samuel F. B. MorseSamuel F. B. Morse
1840 – Telegraph1840 – Telegraph
“WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT”“WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT”
Westward Movement Americans marched quickly toward west
very hard w/ disease & loneliness Frontier people were individualistic,
superstitious & ill-informed Westward movement molded environment
tobacco exhausted land “Kentucky blue grass” thrived
The March of the Millions The March of the Millions High birthrate accounted for population
growth Population doubling every 25 years
Near 1850s, millions of Irish, German came
Beginning in 1830, immigration in the US soared
Irish ImmigrationIrish Immigration Irish Potato Famine 1845-1849 Main ports of entry – New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston Irish were too poor to move inland and
farm so they stayed in the cities Boston did not particularly like the Irish –
catholic, illiterate, poor “No Irish need apply!”
Ancient Order of Hibernians Benevolent society to help Irish Spawned “Molly Maguires” (miners union)
Gradually improved and became active politically
NY’s Tammany Hall, Irish political machine
German ImmigrationGerman Immigration Most Germans came due to crop failures
Germans better off than Irish, came west, many to Wisconsin
A few were political refugees from collapse of democratic revolutions in 1848
German contributions include Kentucky rifle, Christmas tree, kindergarten, and abolitionists
Some Americans were suspicious because they tried to preserve language, culture and lived in separate communities, and drank beer
Settlements of Immigrants• Irish in Northeastern cities:
New York and Boston
• Germans would settle in Midwest
Early NativismEarly Nativism American “nativists” feared 1840s &
1850s invasion of immigrants Took jobs, grew Roman Catholicism Catholics built their own schools, were #1
denomination by 1850 1849: Nativists form Order of the Star-
Spangled Banner, developed into “Know-Nothing” party
Wanted immigration restrictions Nativists occasionally violent, burned Boston
convent (1834) Philadelphia Irish fought back, 13 killed in
several days of fighting (1844)
A shift from goods made by hand to factory and mass production
Technological innovations brought production from farmhouse to factories Invented in Britain in 1750; smuggled to U.S. Beginning of US Factory System
US slow to embrace factory system Scarce labor Little capital Superiority of British factories
Promote nationalism was internal improvements to unite the US. • Transportation system of roads,
canals, steamships and rivers.• 1800 to 1850 roads, canals and
rivers first forms of transportation• 1860, the railroad is added
Provide economic growth • Americans buying American goods • American self-sufficiency.• Protective tariff (allows US factories to grow)• 2nd Bank of the United States
3 Sections working together to build the country
Henry Clay, Congressmen
from Kentucky
Henry Clay, Congressmen
from Kentucky
John C. Calhoun, US Senator from South
Carolina
John C. Calhoun, US Senator from South
Carolina
Economy
Leader__________
Role ofGovernment
NORTHEAST• Business and Manufacturin
g• Daniel Webster
____________• Wanted Tariffs
• Backed internal
improvements• Wanted end to
cheap public land
• Increasingly nationalistic• Against Slavery and believed the U.S. Govt.
must abolish it.
SOUTH• Cotton growing
• John C. Calhoun
_____________• Opposed tariffs and
government spending on American
System• Increasingly
supportive of states’ rights
• Pro-slavery and opposed any steps of
the U.S. Govt. to try and abolish it.
Economy
Leader__________
Role ofGovernment
WEST• Frontier agriculture
• Henry Clay_____________• Supported
internal improvements
• Wanted cheap land
• Loyal to the U.S. Govt.• Against slavery but
some supported letting the
people decide the slavery
issue
Economy
Leader__________
Role ofGovernment
Highways Bad roads made transportation highly
unreliable
The National Road begun in 1811 and completed by 1832 Connected Maryland to Illinois. Built by US government
• Help unite the country as
well as improve the
economy and the infant industry.
• Because of the British blockade during the
War of 1812, it was essential
for internal transportation improvement
s.
The Railroad Revolution,1850sThe Railroad Revolution,1850s
1850 to 1860, RR proved most significant development toward national economy
Americans demanded transcontinental railroad to California.Completed by 1869.
Pioneer Railroad PromotersPioneer Railroad Promoters 1800 to 1850: Roads, canals, navigable
rivers with steamboats were the main modes of transportation.
1850 to 1860, RR proved most significant development toward national economy
Competition between Railroads and Canals Obstacles
opposition from canal backers danger of fire poor brakes difference in track gauge meant changing
trains
Effects of the Transportation Revolution
Effects of the Transportation Revolution 1860-61, Pony Express connected East-West Telegraph instantly sent messages across
US Attraction of many large capital
investments and encouraged risk taking in the US economy
People moved faster and country expanded Unifying spirit among fellow country men A need for a transcontinental railroad that
connected east to west
• Built first textile mill in 1793 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
• Born in England on June 9, 1768 and worked in British factories. • Slater came to US to make his
fortune in the textile industry. • Slatersville Mill was the largest and most modern industrial cotton
mill of its day
Samuel Slater was the "Father of the
American Factory System."
The Lowell MillsThe Lowell Mills Americans beat the British at their own
game, made better factories Francis C Lowell (a British “traitor”)
came over here to build British factories met up with Boston mechanic, Paul Moody Together they improved the mill and
invented a power loom that revolutionized textile manufacturing
The Lowell System Lowell,
Massachusetts, 1832
Young New England farm girls Supervised on and off the job Worked 6 days a week, 13 hours a
day Escorted to church on Sunday
Women & the EconomyWomen & the Economy
1850: 10% of white women working for pay outside home Vast majority of working women were single Left paying jobs upon marriage
“Cult of domesticity” Cultural idea that glorifies homemaker
Empowers married women Increased power & independence of women in
home led to decline in family size
Workers & Wage SlavesWorkers & Wage SlavesWith industrial revolution, large
impersonal factories surrounded by slums full of “wage slaves” developed
Long hours, low wages, unsanitary conditions, lack of heat, etc.Labor unions illegal
1820: 1/2 of industrial workers were children under 10
Workers & Wage SlavesWorkers & Wage Slaves 1820s & 1830s: right to vote for laborers
Loyalty to Democratic party led to improved conditions
Fought for 10-hour day, higher wages, better conditions
1830s & 1840s: Dozens of strikes for higher wages or 10-hour day 1837 depression hurt union membership
Commonwealth v. Hunt Supreme Court ruled unions not illegal
conspiracies as long as they were peaceful