Many important factors helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth during the period from 1860 to 1900. Before the blossom of this industrialization‚ the United States consisted of mostly farms and small towns. The development of factories and urban cities soon changed all of this. The railroad system expanded and eventually turned into a goldmine for commerce in the United States. Machinery started to decrease the amount of animal labor used‚ which allowed the consistency and production of
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AP United States History 3 April 2013 Prompt: In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860? Over time‚ transportation has shown to have an incredible impact on the United States. It has revealed to bring about economic and social changes in various ways. In the late eighteenth century ancient methods of traveling were still in use in America and it was often very slow. Americans were aware that if transportation
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Transportation has played a significant part in the development of spurring economic and industrial growth in America. Between 1820 through 1860‚ the groundwork of transportation such as the highway system‚ railroads‚ and canals began to develop new aspects of American life. The development of transportation helped increase industrialization‚ sectionalism‚ and expansion. Fostering industrial growth was one of the most important targets in the 1800s. In 1820‚ Henry Clay attempted to do so with
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after the Opium war in the 1840s had ended. 1860 and the subsequent years were seen as an important era for the making of this city‚ as the economic growth had several implications on the social and political life as well. Thus‚ this period saw the coming up of several shops owned by business families who had migrated from different regions of India‚ setting up of cotton mills‚ the Native Stock Exchange centre for joint stock/ ventures etc. The economic growth was also linked to the rise of political
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A number of notable technological innovations have taken place between the years 1860-1870 in the United States. In the sphere of communications‚ a major development was the completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line across North America by Western Union in 1861 (Western Union 2009). Moreover‚ in 1866‚ after several failed attempts‚ the Transatlantic Cable was laid that connected Europe and North America. Before this landmark event‚ the fastest communication between the two continents
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History of the United States from 1800 to 1900 MW 1:30pm-3:20pm Instructor：Knittel YuChuan Zhou This this personal introduction. The most important thing in life is a course to know yourself. After entering university‚ entered into a new environment -- totally different from my hometown of an environment. Whenever I encounter problems in interpersonal‚ my mind emerge out of such a question: what the hell am I how? After repeatedly the feeling of frustration‚ I found that I own a lot of changes
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New Era of Transportation Today In the United States‚ a new era of “taxi” like transportation is rapidly approaching. With the help of smart phones‚ mobile apps have created a new way of getting around. The new trend of transportation goes under the pseudo name of “ride sharing”‚ the question is‚ will the yellow cab cease to exist? In Malcolm Gladwell’s book the The Tipping point he discusses trends similar to that of “ride-sharing” and how they became to be popular. Companies such as Lyft‚ Sidecar
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always to move from under-developed to developed counties. But the confusion lies herein in this process of movement from the under-developed/developing countries to developed countries. When should a country consider itself to be moving in the right direction i.e. towards its goal of being a developed country? Surveys are made and reports being churned out that state the economic growth of a nation. Does the rate of this economic growth a true indicator in this regard? If that is true why is it then
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Cotton Diplomacy During the 1850’s‚ the vast differences between the North and the South brought about the impending notion of war between the two. The South knew that the North had them beat on every level. The North had manufacturing capabilities with factories that could produce supplies necessary for outfitting an army. Also‚ the North’s population of 22 million was nearly three times the population of the South. The South only had nine million people‚ four million of whom were black slaves
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The period between the American Revolution and the Civil War had great significance for the United States’ economy. Although initially the economy seemed unstable at first‚ after the second war that America fought with England‚ the economy began to show considerable growth thereafter. This can be seen as the result of the cotton trade in the South and the eventual industrialisation of America‚ especially in the Northeast and later the West. From the invention of cotton gins to the adaptation of railways
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