Early 19 th Century Industrialization in the US

Early 19th Century Industrialization in the US

Transportation Revolution

First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

Cumberland (National Road), 1811

Erie Canal System

Erie Canal, 1820s Begun in 1817; completed in 1825

Robert Fulton & the Steamboat 1807: The Clermont

Principal Canals in 1840

Inland Freight Rates

The “Iron Horse” (1830) 1830  13 miles of track built by Baltimore & Ohio RRBy 1850  9000 mi. of RR track [1860  31,000 mi.]

TheRailroadRevolution,1850s • Immigrant laborbuilt the No. RRs. • Slave laborbuilt the So. RRs.

New Inventions Yankee “Ingenuity”

Resourcefulness & Experimentation • Americans were willing to try anything. • They were first copiers, theninnovators. 1800  41 patents were approved. 1860 4,357 “ “ “

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791

OliverEvans First automated flour mill First prototype of the locomotive

John Deere & the Steel Plow(1837)

Cyrus McCormick& the Mechanical Reaper: 1831

Samuel F. B. Morse 1840 – Telegraph

Elias Howe & Isaac Singer 1840sSewing Machine

Lowell Mill

Early Textile Mill Loom Floor

Early Textile Loom

New EnglandTextileCenters:1830s

New England Dominance in Textiles

Regional Specialization EAST Industrial SOUTH Cotton & Slavery WEST The Nation’s “Breadbasket”

American Population Centers in 1820

American Population Centers in 1860

National Origin of Immigrants:1820 - 1860 Why now?

Changing Occupation Distributions:1820 - 1860

Early 19 th Century Industrialization in the US

Early 19 th Century Industrialization in the US

Presentation Transcript

Compromise and Conflict in the early 19 th century (early 1800s)

US Economy in the 19 th century II

The 19 th Century

US Imperialism: Early 20 th Century Policies

The 19 th century

America in the 19 th Century

The 19 th Century

Naturalism (early 19 th century movement)

Political Changes in the Early 19 th Century

Early 19 th Century Education

Rise of Organized Labor During 19 th Century Industrialization

Significant Leaders of the Early 19 th Century

The 19 th Century

Russia in the 19 th Century

Art of the Late 19 th Century and early 20 th Century

The 19 th Century

Physiology in the 19 th Century

Westward Expansion (early 19 th century)

Early 19 th Century Reactionism

Early 19 th century Industrialization in America: The Market Revolution

Compromise and Conflict in the early 19 th century (early 1800s)

US Imperialism: Early 20 th Century Policies