1. Transportation and Market Revolution

2. Where are we now? America is taken over with a spirit of improvement
Inventions
Education
Creating a “republican woman”

3. The Industrial Revolution
Ongoing effort to increase production using machines powered by sources other than humans or animals
Most machines based around textiles
Steam engines created

4. Industrial Innovation in America
Eli Whitney
Interchangeable parts – all parts are made to an exact standard and could be used in various ways
Whitney wanted to create interchangeable parts to increase production/speed.

5. Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Created a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
Operated by water power

6. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

7. So what? Cotton Gin: Profit of cotton skyrocketed
Many southern planters began to depend on cotton as their only major crop
Planters wanted more land to grow larger crops of cotton, began spreading west
More enslaved Africans were brought to harvest the cotton
Americans had expected slavery to fade away, but it more than doubled in 30 years.

8. Transportation Revolution
Steam Power
Robert Fulton proved steam could be used to power a ship
Canals
Waterways opened up the western part of the US – Erie Canal built in 1825
Roads
Roads were privately owned and required tolls
Railroads
Steam locomotive opened up the west

9. Write a sentence that summarizes the information provided by the graph
Write a sentence that summarizes the information provided by the graph. What does this tell us about the United States at this time?

10. What does this map show about the effect of the Transportation Revolution on the United States population?

11. Market Revolution
Change in the way Americans made, bought, and sold goods
Created by transportation revolution and industrial revolution
Movement west for farmers allowed New England lands to be used for manufacturing

12. Free Enterprise System
An economic system in which companies compete for profits.
AKA: Capitalism
Encouraged people who could do things better, faster, and cheaper
Help create new industries, jobs, and wealth

13. Work
Mills
Centered outside the home
Created a society focused on time

14. Mills
Are there any mills in RI?
What do they make?

15. Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI – Inactive, previously textile
-Side Note: First Mill in America
-2nd Side Note: Listed on America’s Most Haunted Places!

16. Kenyon Mill, Richmond, RI -- Textiles

17. Bradford Dyeing Association (BDA), Westerly, RI – Coat specialty fabrics (ex: camouflage)

18. Back to history…

22. Banking Industry
Banks provided capital – wealth that can be invested to produce goods and make money
Uncontrolled lending led to several economic depressions during this time
Bank notes – attempting to replace specie, but created a faltering economy.