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9.1: INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS. TIMELINE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION 1791: Sam Slater brings the textile mill to US 1793: Eli Whitney invents cotton.

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1 9.1: INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS

2 TIMELINE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION 1791: Sam Slater brings the textile mill to US 1793: Eli Whitney invents cotton gin 1798: Eli Whitney invents interchangeable parts 1807: Jefferson’s Embargo 1807: Robert Fulton begins steamboat era War of 1812 Tariff of 1816 1817-1825: Construction of Erie Canal 1837: Morse invents telegraph 1839: Charles Goodyear vulcanizes rubber 1846: Howe and Singer invent sewing machine 1840s  Expansion of railway & telegraph system

3 FACTORS IN INDUSTRIALIZATION Embargo of 1807 War of 1812 Tariff of 1816 American System Cheap immigrant labor in North East cities Fast New England rivers, coal deposits for powering factories Robust system of ports, roads, canals&railways Application of steam power to shipping and manufacturing needs Development of new markets between America’s regions

4 How did Specialization, Market Revolution, and Capitalism work together to spur industrialization? Industrialization Specialization Market Revolution Capitalism

5 Why was transportation – particularly the canals and railroads – so important in the early stages of industrialization?

6 Map: Major American Cities in 1830 and 1860 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

7 Map: Railroad Growth, 1850-1860 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

8 http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhighlights01.html http://eng.minsvyaz.ru/site.shtml?id=53

9 Woman with sewing machine Asked to repair a sewing machine that did not do continuous stitching, Isaac M. Singer invented one that did. Patented in 1851, the Singer machine quickly dominated the market. Although most early sewing machines were used in factories, some had made their way into households by 1860. (Library of Congress) Woman with sewing machine WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE SEWING MACHINE? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

10 1837: John Deere invents the steel plow. What was the impact of this device? http://historywired.si.edu/images/enlarged/212a.jpg

11 Fulton’s Steamboat 1807

12 Agricultural ad, 1859 The manufacture of agricultural implements was becoming a major industry by 1860. Now the farmers shown on the fringe could put down their scythes and let the mechanical reaper do the work. (Library of Congress) Agricultural ad, 1859 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

13 Model of McCormick reaper, 1850s (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) What is the long-term impact of the mechanical reaper?

14 What was the South’s reaction to industrialization and modern inventions?


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