1. The Market Revolution & Growing Industry in America

2. What was the Market Revolution
What was the Market Revolution? Development of how goods were processed and made… Also, an improvement in how labor was organized

3. Effects of the War of At the end of the War, Americans began to realize their need for easier mobility across the nation This will lead to an increased number of roads, canals, and eventually railways

4. INFRASTRUCTURE

5. Also saw an increase in domestic manufacturing This meant that the US was moving away from being so heavily dependent on importing foreign products

6. New Inventions!

7. Interchangeable Parts
Inventor: Eli Whitney
Year: 1801
Whitney first used this concept to create a musket with interchangeable parts
Parts were no longer specialized for particular gun (in Whitney’s case) but instead all similar parts fits that model of gun
This was later expanded to fit a variety of goods

9. FARMING & AGRICULTURE

10. Cotton Gin Inventor: Eli Whitney Year: 1794
Need for cotton by factories in the North
A worker could produce fifty times more cotton fiber
Increase of slave labor
“Cotton Kingdom:” owners of large plantations

11. “WHITE GOLD”

12. “COTTON IS KING”

13. Sewing Machine Inventor: Elias Howe Year: 1846
Made producing clothing efficient
Made cloths less expensive so even the lower and middle classes could dress like the wealthier Americans
Ties back to cotton

14. Metal Plow Inventor: John Deere Year: 1837 Blacksmith
Tough plains soil could not be plowed by cast iron plow
Assisted farmers greatly

15. Mechanical Reaper Inventor: Cyrus McCormick Year: 1831
Cut wheat many times faster
than a human worker could
Enabled farmers to cultivate
more land with fewer workers
Great for the prairies of the Midwest

16. McCormick’s Reaper is a source of one of the all-time student bloopers: “The McCormick Raper did the work of nine men.”

19. Transportation and Communication

20. Steamboat Builder: Robert Fulton Year: 1807
First practical steamboat was called the Clermont
Made traveling on river easier and faster
Canals
Used for trade and the moving of raw materials
First oceangoing steamship wouldn’t be produced until 1850 in Great Britain

21. Erie Canal Chief Engineer: Benjamin Wright NY Gov. DeWitt Clinton
Year:
Over 300 miles long
50,000 men → dug by hand
Cost: $100 M today
Upstate New York
Connected the Great Lakes
with the Atlantic Ocean

22. Telegraph Inventor: Samuel Morse Year: 1844 Revolutionized
communication
Morse Code
Factories in the East could
now communicate with
markets in the West

23. On March 24, 1844, the first message – “What hath God wrought
On March 24, 1844, the first message – “What hath God wrought?” – was sent. In 1856, the Western Union Company was formed, and by 1866, a transatlantic telegraph cable had been laid between America and Europe.

24. Transatlantic Cable Builder: Cyrus Fields and
Atlantic Telegraph Company
Allowed for telegraphs to be sent from the US to Europe

25. Most telegraph wire is in the NORTH

26. The NORTH is more INDUSTRIAL The SOUTH is more AGRICULTURAL

27. Riding the Train…

28. The Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) line’s Tom Thumb was the first train in the U.S. By the end of 1830, the B&O had carried 80,000 passengers along a 13-mile track.

29. By 1840, 409 railroads had laid 3,300 miles of track By 1860, America had close to 30,000 miles of rail

30. Most the railroad track is in the NORTH

31. Trains had an enormous impact: 1) demand for labor to build tracks encouraged immigration 2) demand for capital to finance the lines attracted foreign investment 3) The ability to transport large amounts of goods and agricultural products opened new markets and linked old ones 4) Communications improved vastly 5) Going from here to there got a whole lot easier!

32. There’s something about riding a train being quintessential American

33. Bruce Springsteen uses a train as a metaphor for America

34. Oh, This Train I’m riding This Train Don’t you wanna ride This Train…

35. This Train… This Train… This Train…

44. Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder's rolling down this track You don't know where you're goin‘ But you know you won't be back

45. Well, Darlin' if you're weary Lay your head upon my chest We'll take what we can carry And we'll leave the rest

46. Well, Big Wheels roll through fields Where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

51. I will provide for you And I'll stand by your side You'll need a good companion now For this part of the ride

52. Yeah, Leave behind your sorrows Let this day be the last Well, Tomorrow there'll be sunshine And all this darkness past

53. Big wheels roll through fields Where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

58. This Train Carries saints and sinners This Train Carries losers and winners This Train Carries whores and gamblers This Train Carries lost souls

59. I said

60. This Train Dreams will not be thwarted This Train Faith will be rewarded This Train Hear the steel wheels singin‘ This Train Bells of freedom ringin'

65. This Train…

66. Carries saints and sinners This Train Carries losers and winners This Train Carries whores and gamblers This Train Carries lost souls

67. This Train Carries broken-hearted This Train Thieves and sweet souls departed This Train Carries fools and kings This Train

68. All aboard I said now

69. This Train Dreams will not be thwarted This Train Faith will be rewarded This Train Hear the steel wheels singin’ This Train Bells of freedom ringin’

72. Come on This Train

74. People Get Ready

76. You don’t need no ticket

78. All you gotta do is

80. Just get on board

81. Aboard This Train

82. People Get Ready

83. You don’t need no ticket

84. I know you don’t

85. You don’t need no ticket

86. You just get on board

87. People get ready

88. You just thank the Lord

89. People get ready

90. You just thank the Lord

91. People get ready

92. You just thank the Lord

93. People get ready

94. Come on this train…

97. Land of Hope and Dreams by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band