Unit II, Chapter 4 (Ch 7 in book)

Transportation  Turnpikes – toll roads  National Road – Maryland to modern day W. Va  Steamboat – 1820  Canals – Erie Canal – helped NY become the US commercial capital  Railroads – boomed during mid-1800’s Erie Canal Video

Industry in the US  Began with the textile industry  Lowell Mills – early 1800’s Employed young single women Strict system of behavior and supervision  Factory system Early on – Family system – entire families hired to work in mills Emphasis on cheap unskilled labor Similar problems to European industrial revolution