Cotton was needed around the world because of the invention of the spinning machine. There was a great need for workers, to work the fields and gin the cotton, thus more slaves were needed. This made life difficult for the slaves. Slaves were worth more money, and the whites’ attitudes changed toward the slaves and there was a decline of freed slaves after 1800. Therefore the slave population grew.
Candace Heller Unit III: Nationalism and Sectionalism, Jacksonian Democracy, Reform, Manifest Destiny, Economy, Slavery and the South, and the Early 1850’s. 1824-1853 1. Growth of Industry in New England, Textiles: The growth of industry required certain technological advances and the development of a new type of business organization. 2. Samuel Slater: In 1790, a young English-born genius named Samuel Slater, employed by the Rhode Island merchant firm of Almy and Brown, began to spin cotton thread by machine in the first effective factory in the US.
In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860? Between the 1820s and the 1860s, advances were being made in leaps and bounds, especially in transportation. From the invention of the cotton gin to interchangeable parts, mechanical advancements began to take effect. However, Americans were still walking on unprepared ground and taking longer to reach from point A to point B. Because of this boom in technology, in order to get material from one place to another, transportation innovations needed to take place.
“…the invention of the cotton gin fastened slavery upon the country; and that, but for its invention, slavery would have long since disappeared.” (David Christy, Esq. 1860) Do you like jeans? Do you like t-shirts? Well if you do, then you have no one else to thank but Samuel Slater. He made the process for making cotton much faster than what it used to be.
Also the iron and textile industries benefited greatly with the revolution. Before the revolution, I had mentioned that manufacturing was done in private homes, the revolution expanded factories and then instead of making products at home which took several months, factories could produce a mass production. The Revolution also boosted the transportation, communication and banking systems. How did the Industrial revolution transform families? The industrial revolution improved the standard of living for some people; however it also made employment and living conditions for the poor and working classes very tough.
The American Industrial Revolution changed many lives of many American during the 1800’s and early 1900’s. She was becoming one of the most important industrial nations during this period through aggressive political negotiations, economical and military power. Americans were discovering better ways of manufacture of goods, making transportation more reliable and creating communication more accessible to the general public. The population began to grow at a rapid rate and technological advances promoted the growth of industries in rural areas throughout the US. New technologies allowed business owners to reduce labor and the hours in the movement of materials from one point to the other.
Emily Cornwell Mr. Costello IB History/Period 6 3 December 2010 Word Count: 993 Was the Rise of Industrial Capitalism in the Second Half of the 1800’s Good for the United States? Evidence: As the Industrial Revolution arose, a new system of industrial capitalism had transformed America. The rise of industrial capitalism industrialized America which changed the way people managed and controlled a business based on the ideas of large-scale corporations. With this new system, it both stimulated and perturbed people due to the benefits and consequences it had. The rise of industrial capitalism drastically changed America and the way people thought which had a both positive and negative effect on America.
Entrepreneurs started to create new inventions that would speed up the process of spinning and weaving meaning more cotton could be produced and exported. Mills started to be built as entrepreneurs started to hire workers to work there. The new technology that was produced such as the Spinning Jenny or Water Frame allowed each worker to produce more at a lower cost. The new technology was only enabled by water power and later steam power, allowing the industrial revolution in Britain to evolve quickly. The building of canals, Turnpike roads and railways allowed raw material within Britain to be transported to where they needed to be quickly.
These technologies included new farming implements and methods, Railroads, steam engines, and the telegraph, to name a few. This was the beginning of what would come to be known as the Industrial Revolution. There are several reasons why the Industrial Revolution Began in England. Britain had many resources, including timber and steel and iron ore. It also had a stable government, which allowed for the people to begin industrializing in the first place, harbors for trade, a very large population resulting in a very large workforce, and many water ways throughout the country to transport materials and products as well as to use for water power at mills.
America Transformed Timeline and Paper HIS/110 January 31, 2011 America Transformed Timeline and Paper The industrialization of America contributed to the economic development of the country in many, many ways. Firstly, we need to define industrialization, which usually refers to a change from home and hand production to machine and factory production. The invention of water-powered spinning and weaving machines greatly increased production of material. The cotton gin, which was invented by Eli Whitney in 1794, greatly increased the cultivation of cotton in the south. When steam power replaced water power, industries and factories arose, creating industrialized areas which attracted more and more people with the promise of paying jobs.