How Democratic was Andrew Jackson
US History
7.1 Industry and Transportation
The Transportation Revolution
Improving the Roads
Turnpike Roads - users had to pay a toll only a few made a profit, didn’t do the intended purpose
National Road - only decent road, made of crushed rock
The Steamboat Goes Commercial main advance in transportation made it easier and faster to travel
Canals Boom canals made it easier to transport between farms and cities
Erie Canal - best known canal of the era
Railroads Further Ease
Horses pulled the first trains
Slater Opens First Textile Mill
Samuel Slater - nation’s first water-powered textile mill
Lowell Builds Fully Operational Mill
Francis Cabot Lowell took secret information to build the mill
Factory Work Changes Lives garment trade was primary manufacturing increased pace of work and divided labor into many small tasks reduced amount of skill and training required less pay
Inventions Transform Industry and Agriculture
New Methods of Production interchangeable parts - identical components that can be used in place of on another
Eli Whitney introduced this to the US ^
Innovation Quickens Communication
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the electric telegraph delivered messages instantly
Agriculture Remains Strong
US History
7.2 Sectional Differences
The North Embraces Industry
Why Industrialization Spread
Tariff of 1816
Less Imports = more manufacturing
Why the Northeast? greater access to capital, or money needed to build factories
Social Change in the North
Workers Organize labor unions - united workers to seek better pay and conditions
A Middle Class Emerges segregation between both class and race
Emigration From Ireland and Germany many political and economical strains due to religious differences and limited jobs available nativists - campaigned to discourage immigration and deny political rights to newcomers
Southern Agricultural Economy and Society
Cotton Production Surges cotton gin made cotton the main
7.1 Industry and Transportation
The Transportation Revolution
Improving the Roads
Turnpike Roads - users had to pay a toll only a few made a profit, didn’t do the intended purpose
National Road - only decent road, made of crushed rock
The Steamboat Goes Commercial main advance in transportation made it easier and faster to travel
Canals Boom canals made it easier to transport between farms and cities
Erie Canal - best known canal of the era
Railroads Further Ease
Horses pulled the first trains
Slater Opens First Textile Mill
Samuel Slater - nation’s first water-powered textile mill
Lowell Builds Fully Operational Mill
Francis Cabot Lowell took secret information to build the mill
Factory Work Changes Lives garment trade was primary manufacturing increased pace of work and divided labor into many small tasks reduced amount of skill and training required less pay
Inventions Transform Industry and Agriculture
New Methods of Production interchangeable parts - identical components that can be used in place of on another
Eli Whitney introduced this to the US ^
Innovation Quickens Communication
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the electric telegraph delivered messages instantly
Agriculture Remains Strong
US History
7.2 Sectional Differences
The North Embraces Industry
Why Industrialization Spread
Tariff of 1816
Less Imports = more manufacturing
Why the Northeast? greater access to capital, or money needed to build factories
Social Change in the North
Workers Organize labor unions - united workers to seek better pay and conditions
A Middle Class Emerges segregation between both class and race
Emigration From Ireland and Germany many political and economical strains due to religious differences and limited jobs available nativists - campaigned to discourage immigration and deny political rights to newcomers
Southern Agricultural Economy and Society
Cotton Production Surges cotton gin made cotton the main