Thursday, January 7th, 2010. Agenda U.S. History BR: Where do you get the things you use everyday? (clothes, shoes, food, etc.) Notes

Changes in a Young Nation: Did changes in the young nation open the door to opportunity for all Americans? Economic Changes

Industrialization Making goods by hand  making goods with machines Making money by farming  making money from industry or business

New Inventions Make Production More Efficient Eli Whitney Cotton Gin Removes seeds from cotton by machine Machine clean 50 lbs. = man clean 1 lb. Made cotton leading cash crop in nation Revolutionized slavery Slavery expected to die out  cotton gin ↑demand for slave labor Interchangeable Parts All parts on every musket identical Makes manufacturing faster  mass production Making goods on large scale in factories In 1830’s new machine increased productivity

Eli Whitney : Cotton Gin

The Factory System Changes How People Work Textile mills used young girls from farms to work in factories Made large amounts of goods at fast pace Traditional economy (people make things for themselves) Market Economy (people buy the things they need) +/- effects Living standards ↑, more things to choose from when shopping Factory workers unsafe, unhealthy, work for low wages

Textile Mill

Canals, Roads, & Rails: Connecting the Country Growth of Market economy sparked transportation revolution All weather-roads with hard surfaces National Road: MD  MS Steam-powered riverboat: travel upstream Canals: extended H2O to new places Erie Canal: Hudson River  Lake Erie Possible to go from Atlantic to Midwest w/o leaving boat Railroads: worked all year long

The First Steamboat