Section 3
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SECTION 3
By: Sara, Jonissa, Jakob, Max and Beck
TERMS
Interchangeable parts- are parts that are for practical purposes identical
An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests
A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions
ERIE CANAL
Big part in transportation
Provided a way for goods to travel to different places
Provided jobs for people
ROADS AND TURNPIKES
1806 the nation took first steps toward transportation
Congress funded the building of major east-west highway
The national road in 1811 laborers started cutting the road bed westward from the Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland
STEAM BOATS AND CANALS
Rivers offered a faster, more efficient, and cheaper way to move goods than did roads
The steam boast changed all of that
In 1807 Robert Fulton and T. Robert R. Livingston stunned the nation when the Clermont chugged 150 miles from New York to Albany
THE “IRON HORSE”
Another mode of transportation was railroads
Peter cooper built an American engine based on the ones developed in great Britain
1930 coopers tiny but powerful locomotive Tom Thump pulled the first load of passengers
NEW SYSTEM OF PRODUCTIONS
A new revolution occurred in business and industry
The industrial revolution
This began in Britain in the middle 1700s
INDUSTRIALIZATION SWEEPS THE NORTH
Industry developed quickly in the united states in the early 1800s
This happened for several reasons
The most important factor was the free enterprise
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
A wave of inventions and technological innovations spurred the nation’s industrial growth
Eli Whitney popularized the concept of interchangeable parts
Changed gun making from the one by one process into a factory process
RISE OF LARGE CITIES
Industrialization of the united states led to a lot of people looking for factory jobs
Looked for higher wages
Made workers go up to 1.3 million by 1860
WORKERS BEGIN TO ORGANIZE
Industrial boom created a new source of labor
The factory worker
Ones with higher wages
Cities populations doubled even tripled in size
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The Transportation RevolutionWagon rates canal rates railroad ratesDownstream river rates Upstream river rates
ROADS, CANALS, AND RAILROADS
1820-1840 view of lock port in New York on the Erie Canal
PETER COOPERS TOM THUMB RACES A HORSE -ALSO A YOUNG
MILL WORKER
THE FAMILY FARM
Even though industries and cities expanded in 1800
Agriculture remained the countries leading economic activity
Farming employed more people and produced more than other workers
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