The Antebellum YearsUnit VIII. Sect. 3

The Worlds of the North & South

Objectives• -recall at least two of the major

inventions of the antebellum era and at least one benefit of each .

• -describe one benefit and two problems with railroads.

• -make connections between the telegraph in the 1840s to the cell phone today.

• -give two benefits railroads had over canals.

Industry in the North

• New machines were being invented.

• First sewing machine was invented in 1846.

• This allowed dozens of shirts to be made in the time it took to make one by hand.

Industry in the North

• John Deere invented a light weight steel plow, which a horse could pull faster than the old iron plow.

Industry in the North

• Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper in 1847.

• It could mow five times as much wheat and other grains as hand tools could.

• Many farm hands lost jobs and went to work for factories in northern cities.

Industry in the North

Industry in the North

• The telegraph was invented in 1844.

• It sent electrical signals along a wire to someone who would translate them.

• Dots, dashes, and spaces were turned into words.

• Almost instant communication

Industry in the North

• Railroads began to pop up with the invention of the steam-powered locomotive.

Problems with RRs

1. People thought they would lose their jobs.

2. Locomotives often broke down.

3. Embers started fires.

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Industry in the North

• Clipper ships were invented in 1845 by John Griffiths.

• They had tall masts and narrow hulls and sailed fast.

• What was the effect on business?

Industry in the North