1. Unit 5: American Nationalism. - Early Industry: Transportation
Unit 5: American Nationalism - Early Industry: Transportation & Industry
Unit 5

2. Bell Ringer:
Instead of working on the farm or at sea, where did Americans head to work?
Started moving to the….

3. Transportation
At the start of the 1800s how did people travel over land?
carts
wagons
stagecoaches
horses
dirt roads
(slow and expensive)

4. Transportation
Cumberland (National) Road extended from Maryland to the Ohio River in 1818.
1st Federal highway.

5. Transportation Canals
Mostly in the Northeast, provided efficient water transportation
Erie Canal ran from Lake Erie to the Hudson River
Helped to make NYC a major commerce center

6. Transportation Steamboat Invented by Robert Fulton,
The Clermont was the first
important for travel on rivers and across the ocean
Easier to travel up current
(a trip that took 4 months before the steamboat took 20 days in 1820, and just 6 days by 1838)

8. Transportation Railroads (aka Iron Horse)
Why? Horses pulled 1st American trains
Benefits:
Carry heavier loads
Cost less than canals
Move faster
Helps settle West
(a journey that took 28 days by boat took only 2 days by train by 1857)
miles of track
,000 miles of track

11. Industry Industrial Revolution Technology Sparks Growth
Developments in technology also transformed manufacturing
Industrial Revolution
switch to using machines as main mode of production
rapid change in the economy
–changed the economy, culture, and politics

12. Industry
Sewing Machine (1845)
Elias Howe and Isaac Singer
lowered cost and improved speed of turning cloth into clothing

13. Industry Factory Work The working lives of Americans changed
The work done by machines allowed employers to hire unskilled workers at lower wages

14. Industry
Lowell Mills
Francis Cabot Lowell developed an new industrial system in Massachusetts
Established a new town called Lowell and employed young, single women
Lowell Girls lived in closely supervised boarding houses
Worked 14 hours a day, 6 days a week

16. Sectional Differences
Industrialization mostly occurred in the….
Northeast
factors that contributed to industrialization in the NE:
capital ($)
cheap labor
fast-flowing rivers

17. Sectional Differences
The arrival of industry hurt skilled workers who could not compete with low cost laborers,
The workers responded by seeking political change
They began to form labor unions (groups of workers who unite to seek better pay and conditions)

18. Sectional Differences
In the South, agriculture and slavery remain the basis of the economy
3 developments helped boost cotton production:
cotton gin
westward expansion (FL, TN, AL, MS, TX)
industrialization

19. Exit Ticket:
Which new system of transportation do you think made the biggest impact on the United States?
Cumberland National Road (interstate roads)
The Clermont (steamboats)
Erie Canal (canals)
Iron Horse (trains & railroads)

20. https://www.history.com/topics/ war-of-1812/war-of-1812
Finish War of 1812 WebQuest
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