1 / 32

Early 19th Century Industrialization in America: Results and Consequences

Explore the impact of early 19th-century industrialization in America, including the transportation revolution, new inventions, wealth distribution, and social changes. Understand the future challenges this period brought forth.

jeffg
Download Presentation

Early 19th Century Industrialization in America: Results and Consequences

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Early 19c Industrialization in America: The Market Revolution Mr. Walters Chapter 14

  2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What were the results of early 19c industrialization in America?

  3. The Transportation Revolution

  4. First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

  5. Cumberland (National Road), 1811

  6. Erie Canal System

  7. Robert Fulton & the Steamboat 1807: The Clermont

  8. Principal Canals in 1840

  9. Inland Freight Rates

  10. Clipper Ships

  11. The “Iron Horse” Wins (1830) 1830  13 miles of track built by Baltimore & Ohio RRBy 1850  9000 mi. of RR track [1860  31,000 mi.]

  12. TheRailroadRevolution,1850s • Immigrant laborbuilt the No. RRs. • Slave laborbuilt the So. RRs.

  13. New Inventions: "Yankee Ingenuity"

  14. Resourcefulness & Experimentation • Americans were willing to try anything. • They were first copiers, theninnovators. 1800  41 patents were approved. 1860 4,357 “ “ “

  15. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791

  16. Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle

  17. John Deere & the Steel Plow(1837)

  18. Cyrus McCormick& the Mechanical Reaper: 1831

  19. Samuel F. B. Morse 1840 – Telegraph

  20. Cyrus Field & the Transatlantic Cable, 1858

  21. Elias Howe & Isaac Singer 1840sSewing Machine

  22. The “American Dream” • They all regarded material advance as the natural fruit of American republicanism & proof of the country’s virtue and promise. A German visitor in the 1840s, Friedrich List, observed: Anything new is quickly introduced here, including all of the latest inventions. There is no clinging to old ways. The moment an American hears the word “invention,” he pricks up his ears.

  23. The Northern Industrial "Juggernaut"

  24. Distribution of Wealth • During the American Revolution,45% of all wealth in the top 10% ofthe population. • 1845 Boston  top 4% owned over 65% of the wealth. • 1860 Philadelphia  top 1% owned over 50% of the wealth. • The gap between rich and poor was widening!

  25. The Early Union Movement Workingman’s Party (1829)* Founded by Robert Dale Owen and others in New York City. Early unions were usually local, social, and weak.

  26. What's Happening in America by the 1850s?

  27. Regional Specialization EAST Industrial SOUTH Cotton & Slavery WEST The Nation’s “Breadbasket”

  28. American Population Centers in 1820

  29. American Population Centers in 1860

  30. Know-Nothing Party: “The Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner”

  31. Changing Occupation Distributions:1820 - 1860

  32. ECONOMIC? POLITICAL? The results of early 19c industrialization in America? SOCIAL? FUTUREPROBLEMS?

More Related