1. Industrial Revolution of Early 1800’s

2. Major changes in communication, transportation and manufacturing, encouraging economic growth.

3. Telegraph

4. Samuel Morse Used a code of dots and dashes to represent letters

5. Cotton Gin

6. Separated the cotton seeds from the fibers Made cotton farming profitable. Increased need for slaves

7. Steam Boat

8. Used steam power to go upstream. Invented the practical steam engine to be used in boats. Opened up shipping on Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

9. Erie Canal

10. Connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River Causes a boom in the cities of Buffalo and New York City

11. Tenement Housing

12. Small crowded apartments, where many families lived in one building. Often a lack of sanitation Shared kitchen and other facilities