With new job opportunities, progressive ideas, an air of liberalism had engulfed the American continent. This openness and jubilance was most evident in the arts, entertainment and economic sectors of the economy. The changes in these areas largely affected the 1920’s and to were a great extent responsible for the Roaring Twenty’s nomenclature. The American economy had rarely witnessed such great prosperity as it did after the World War I.
He then decided to end painting in order to begin finding a way to improve long distance communication. This invention would eventually highly influence the Industrial Revolution in America. (art) In 1832, he met Charles Thomas Jackson who knew about electromagnetism. Morse developed the concept of a telegraph with a single wire. The original telegraph by Morse was submitted with his application for a patent is now at the National Museum of American History at
“Industrial Hemp” General Purpose: to inform Specific Purpose: in inform my audience about the definition, historical, and modern uses of industrialized hemp. Central Idea: For thousands of years civilizations have used cannabis. In the last seventy years has this unbelievably useful crop been unfairly outlawed and discriminated against. Modern uses out weight the archaic reasoning for such a ridiculous position by the Federal Government. Introduction: Hemp is simply put, the hardworking cousin of the more widely known but much less hardworking marijuana.
What accounted for the rise of urbanization in America during the nineteenth century? Urban population of America increased seven fold after Civil War, natural increase accounted for a small part of urban growth, high infant mortality, declining fertility rate, high death rate .In 1900 almost 14 percent were urbanites even though only 12 cities had 1 million or more inhabitants. An agricultural economy to an industrial economy in the end of the 19th century were the most successful nation.The years of industrial expansion after the Civil War brought important changes to American society. The country became increasingly urban, and cities grew not only in terms of population but also in size, with skyscrapers pushing cities upward and new transportation systems extending the outward. Part of the urban population growth was fueled by an unprecedented mass immigration to the United States that continued unabated into the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Indeed, the Transcontinental Railroad was a monumental accomplishment for the United States, but it came at the expense of many people. The burgeoning industrial strength of America in the 1800’s cannot be fully appreciated without first understanding the history behind the building of the first Transcontinental Railroad. Long distances and slow transportation hampered contact between eastern and western commercial centers, before the Transcontinental Railroad was built. The Oregon Trail initiated the westward expansion movement beginning in 1841, demonstrating the need for faster, safer transportation methods (Henretta and Brody, pg. 471).
By the early 1800s, the number of immigrants increased drastically. America was becoming a melting pot of different ethnicities including Germans, Swedish, Bohemians, English, French, and Polish. After the civil war, coming into the United States was made easier due to the innovations in steam-based engines for ships, allowing for larger ships to bring in immigrants in mass numbers. (Diner, 2008: 1) This exponential increase in immigrants was considered a threat to the nation’s security, which resulted in forcing government legislation to place regulations on immigration. In 1912, the National Origins Act was passed which restricted the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States and assigned slots according to quotas based on origins.
Not really, although the shale/oil gas revolution clearly is helping. What’s happening is that America’s freight railroads are gaining market share. Rail companies have become far more efficient than in the days when they struggled under the dead hand of federal government regulation. U.S. freight rail rates are nearly half of what they were three decades ago. On-time performance has improved dramatically — almost to the point where delivery by train is almost as reliable as by truck.
The transcontinental railroad brought many benefits, for example it made transportation much faster. A wagon trip over the Oregon Trail had once taken six weeks at best, and with the transcontinental railroad that same trip could be made in a matter of days. Another benefit is that it connected places that were distant such as Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, California, was once a sleepy provincial town, now with the transcontinental railroad it was one of the railroads’ boomtowns. The railroads also brought the riches of the West, thousands of tons of ore and cattle by the millions could now flow east to be processed and consumed.
In the years preceding the transportation revolution (1820-1850) innovations in transportation technology were emerging and becoming more and more prominent throughout the United States. As a result, the federal government poured millions into the nation’s interregional transportation systems by funding projects such as the National Road in 1808 and the construction of the Erie Canal (Completed in 1825) in hopes of stimulating the young nation’s economy as well as expanding its frontiers. Federal funding coupled with these emerging technologies set the United States up for the transportation revolution. The introduction and increased use of steam boats, locomotives, and roads had varying regional effects throughout the United States which could be seen in the social and economical changes each region experienced due to the transportation revolution. The innovations in transportation technologies brought forth an era of economic prosperity in the United States while strengthening the belief of sectionalism amongst Americans.
The Way West Beginning in the early 1800’s, Americans began to look west. The start of the first railroads to the Pacific began and the path was anything but easy to navigate. The draw for expanding the railroad was not only the ability to travel faster and move goods throughout the country, but the railroad also gave people a sense of freedom to move about the lands of this vast country. With the larger populations of cities like New York and Boston building up and becoming more heavily crowded, many people were searching for a way to move outward where there was more space and more freedoms including mining, farming, and natural resources. Before the railroad, the only means of travel was by wagon, horseback, or boat.