ECONOMY FROM
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Slow to come to America Need for land, labor, capital, consumers Samuel Slater-”Father of the factory system” Eli Whitney-cotton gin & interchangeable parts Textile Industry Headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts “Factory girls” Single farm girls Put in corporate boarding houses Held to very high morals and expectations
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1834-Mower-Reaper Cyrus McCormick 1837-Steel Plow John Deere 1844-Telegraph Samuel Morse 1846-Sewing Machine Isaac Singer
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
IMMIGRATION “Old Immigration” Western Europe Irish & Germans Settled Irish-in cities (NY & Boston), worked in factories & on railroad Germans-moved west (Wisconsin), farmed “Political Machines” Wooed & helped new immigrants in exchange for vote Most famous-”Boss Tweed”, NY Captured in political cartoons by Thomas Nast
IMMIGRATION
“Nativism” Fear & dislike of immigrants 1849-American “Know Nothing” Party Restrictions on immigration Deportation of poor
IMMIGRATION
TRANSPORTATION Roads 1790s-first paved roads Invention of “turnpike” 1852-First national road from Maryland to Illinois Waterways 1807-Steamboat invented-Robert Fulton 1825-Erie Canal 1840s-Clipper ships-international trading Mostly helped the west and south to trade goods and bring in manufactured goods
TRANSPORTATION
Railroads Most significant contribution to economy Better than water ways Fast & reliable Cheaper to construct Did not freeze in winter 1828-first railroad By ,000 miles of track 75 % in the North 1833-passenger travel becomes popular 1859-Pullman’s “sleeping palace”
TRANSPORTATION
1858-Stagecoaches available for western travel-Missouri to California
COMMUNICATION 1860-Pony Express-mail delivery, Missouri to California in 10 days 1861-Telegraph wires spread west 1866-Telegraph wire crossed Atlantic Ocean to permanently link America & Europe