Maybe one of the most important was the improvement of our nation’s railroads and communications network. This development permitted the abundant agricultural and mineral resources of the western parts of the country to be brought into profitable production. The Industrial Revolution of the period did increase the number of urban jobs and encouraged rural residents to move to urban centers for work and an improved standard of living. Technological innovations in transportation and construction contributed to urban migration, allowing urban residents to live further from their jobs than walking distance. Such technology led to suburbs with groups living in neighborhoods of similar social status.
In 1825 the Eerie Canal was opened starting in Albany by the Hudson River to Buffalo (Great Lakes). This enthused economic growth. Tolls were placed along the length of these turnpikes and canals in order to repay construction costs. Railroads changed small rural towns to commercial metropolises. Railroads began developing in the 1830s and it connected water routes when it was first
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. While the increase in America’s urban population was great for the labor market, it also had an effect on the social reforms of the areas. The overcrowding of some areas led to outbreaks of contagious diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Medical personnel
The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed not just Britain but the whole world. Between 1750 and 1900 trade and industry grew rapidly. Firstly the transport was a massive thing that changed because the first steam engines were introduced mainly to get coal around places more easily. Also many canals had been built for ships and transport. As you can see in source 13 it shows a painting of a new railway station.
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.
Fredrick M. Binder and David M. Reimers, Houghton Mifflin, 2008, Chapter 3, 24). They were mostly white males of European descent along with a few free black males. The costs to obtain and maintain an indentured servant was not cheap and only got costlier as the numbers of indentured servants to North America fell sharply. This was when landowners turned to importing Africans as slaves. An indentured servant, like Daniel Clocker, could improve his life and social position by migrating to America.
Governmental agencies became involved in the steamboats with Fulton and Livingston when their Monopoly took over waterways, restricting the travel up and down the Hudson Years after the Civil War saw major technological industrialization and advances like the railroad. The technological advances made it possible to start America's westward expansion and economic development by connecting the frontier with the industrial, financial, and political centers of the East . Americans began to rely upon technological advancements like the railroad, electrical power, and telephone systems for economic and/or social growth and development. Shortly following the same groups of inventors took on land travel. By putting strong constantly modified steam engines in the first
Irish immigrants left bad conditions in Europe to journey across the Atlantic to find jobs and build communities across America. While moving westward, many Irish Americans helped develop the nation through politics, inventions, music, literature, drama, and other areas of life. One of the most significant immigration movements was the Irish immigration
The Mill has an historical importance as it was one of the earliest manufacturers of the natural cement in all of the United States. In 1814, Juba Storrs brought the company from Williams certain land and all the mill rights to Juba Storrs and Company who had interests in Canada and Canandaigua, New York. Because that Williams owned the land adjacent of the mill pond, Williams required the company to lower the dam down, mostly to prevent his property from getting flooded. The first patent for the manufacturer of natural cement is known as the water lime granted in the year 1819 when this material was used in the making of the Erie Canal. Today its known best as an historic landmark in
The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the advent of gross urbanization of factory towns and cities. Due to advancements in areas such as textiles and machinery, many people flocked from the country sides of Europe (particularly Britain) to cities where they sought work was factory operators and machinists. To accommodate the tremendous influx of people, cheap and cramped housing was built, with communal wells provided for water. However, as there were few facilities for removing sewage, and the living conditions were deplorable, disease became rampant. Typhoid fever, cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox and rabies were infectious agents which followed the bubonic plague, and found easy hosts in the unclean slums