1. New Technologies and Transportation

2. Transportation Revolution
Rapid increase of speed lowers the cost of goods
Changed the way people traveled and shipped goods
Made possible by the steam engine

3. Robert Fulton Created the 1st commercially successful Steamboat
Called the “Clermont”

4. Peter Cooper
Built one of the first locomotives
Called “Tom Thumb”

5. Gibbons vs. Ogden
Gibbons wanted to run his boats between NY and NJ, Ogden sued because he had the rights to NY.
It reaches U.S. Supreme Court : Gibbons won
Marshall’s ruling reinforced federal (U.S.) government authority over states

6. Communication by wire Samuel Morse develops the telegraph
Sends signal through wire using Morse code
Trans-continental line finished in 1861

8. Agricultural Improvements
Made farming possible in mid-west
Made farming faster

9. John Deere’s steel plow slices through Plains soil and matted grass

10. Cyrus McCormick develops mechanical reaper
allows farmers to buy on credit

11. The Sewing Machine Invented by Elias Howe
Isaac Singer - improved sewing machine makes it simple to run
Women began earning money sewing at home