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THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MOVING US WEST
Unit 8 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MOVING US WEST
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I. Industrial Revolution
1800 = New England = geographical advantages = rivers, streams, ports Heart = technology = inventions, ex: The Cotton Gin and the Power Loom Factories = Lowell’s Mass. Textile Factory = Factory System Capitalism Corporations Economic Growth!
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II. West Daniel Boone Western Pioneer
Explored the Appalachian Mtns. = The Cumberland Gap = Kentucky Marked the Wilderness Road 100,000+ people between 1775 & 1790
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Roadways Private companies built turnpikes (toll roads)
Tolls paid by travelers Crushed Stone “corduroy roads” = logs
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Rivers More comfortable Could carry more Drawbacks:
Eastern Region = flowed north-south direction, most goods headed east-west Downstream was easy, upstream = low current
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1780s-1790s = steam boats Cargo & passengers 1807, Robert Fulton launched the Clermont Loud, quicker, smooth, cheaper River Cities = Cincinnati & St. Louis
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The Erie Canal An artificial waterway, connect the Hudson River to Lake Erie Locks = compartments to raise or lower the water level = like an escalator for boats Opened October 26, 1825
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III. Growth = new states Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, & Ohio = new states Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, & Missouri Pioneer Families = rivers, the Appalachian Mtns. Men: sports (wrestling) Women: quilting Both: cornhusking
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