Chapter 10 Expansion and Growth Section 1: Economic Growth
Growth of Industry Industrial Revolution: Historical time period where machines changed our American society 1.Time vs. Task 2.Human power vs. Machine power 3.Rural living vs. Urban living
Industrial Revolution in New England Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, and new Hampshire Poor soil Fast rivers Close to coal and iron Ports
Capitalism Individuals put their own money, or capital, into a business in hopes to make money
Free enterprise American economy provides for free enterprise People are free to buy, sell and produce whatever they want. People can choose where they work Major elements of free enterprise is: 1.Competition 2.Profit 3.Private property 4.Economic freedom
Factory System Francis Cabot Lowell: 1814
New Technology Technology means scientific discoveries that simplify work. Simply put: MACHINES
Eli Whitney Cotton Gin in 1793
Interchange Parts Eli Whitney: Identical machine parts that could be quickly put together to make a complete product.
Agriculture Expands Southern farmers and plantation owners began to grow more cotton due to demand Need for slavery grows Cotton destroys soil so need for new land increases: Move west
Economic Industries Individual investors: merchants, shopkeepers, farmers Corporations : Large businesses that sold stock, or shares for ownership Second Bank of the United States was chartered and could and did loan money for new businesses
Cities come to age New York City, Boston, Baltimore grew Building grew Hazardous because of dense population: fire, disease Advantages also increased: Art, entertainment, museums, libraries etc.