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Industrialization Review. Factories Inventions Expansion of Slavery Immigrants Start of Reform movements Expansion of canals and rail roads. Industrialization. Shift from Rural to City living Large groups living in a small area Because of industrialization we have this…
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Factories Inventions Expansion of Slavery Immigrants Start of Reform movements Expansion of canals and rail roads Industrialization
Shift from Rural to City living Large groups living in a small area Because of industrialization we have this… Overcrowding, crime, fires, disease Immigrants Pollution Urbanization
Because of the improvements we can move goods and people faster. It’s all about making jobs and lives easier Railroads, steamboat, steam locomotive, canal systems, etc. Improvements in Transportation
Connected east and west Faster travel of goods and people Job opportunities building Negative= pollution Railroads
Connected water systems Faster travel Very expensive to build Commerce/Trade benefited because this allowed for faster transport of products Canal System
The Clermont Can move goods upstream Invented by Robert Fulton Before the War of 1812! Steamboat
Used to travel west Cheap way to travel Very bumpy, uncomfortable ride Wagons
Negative effect of industrialization and urbanization in the cities Pollution
“Leave it alone” Government staying out of business FREEDOM to choose products, partners, and prices Less dependent on Foreign Products We now have an economic system that matches our system of law and government based on INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS! Laissez Faire/Free Enterprise
Mass production of goods by machines, faster and more efficient than making them by hand. Kills the cottage industries: blacksmiths, cobblers, candle makers. Factory System
Father of modern economics. Laissez Faire system Adam Smith
Invented the Cotton Gin, Interchangeable parts Eli Whitney
Moved to the cities for job opportunities Cities were ideal because there were many other immigrants were living there Were willing to work for less pay than Americans. Immigrants
Fast way to separate the seed from the cotton Increased production of cotton in the South Responsible for the expansion of slavery and the need for field workers in the South Cotton Gin
Parts were produced to be identical Parts could be replaced and the product is still of value This system was applied to MANY other industries during Industrialization Interchangeable Parts
Responsible for the growth of industry, before War of 1812 Steam power was applied to boats, locomotives, and used to power factory machines. Increased the demand for factory labor Steam Engine
Was able to thrive in the South because: Geographic factors… Inventions (cotton gin) Use of the triangular trade Plantation System
Due to the invention of the Cotton Gin which made the cotton industry in the South boom, allowing the need for more field workers. Expansion of Slavery
Faster and cheaper way to mass produce steel Helps with the building of factories, rail roads, etc. Bessemer Steel Process
INSTANT COMMUNICATION Invented by Samuel Morse Connected coast to coast Telegraph
Caused the onset of Industrialization because: Blockade of imports, which showed the U.S. the need to be independent from so many foreign imports. So…. We start to manufacture our own goods! War of 1812