America’s Industrial Revolution /Sectional Differences

What causes the Industrial

Revolution?

What causes the Industrial Revolution?

Moving away from the putting-out system

Growth of the Iron IndustryThe first textile millsInterchangeable Parts

Eli Whitney (1798)

Inventions and the importance of PatentsMachines

Steam EngineRobert Fulton pilots the Clermont up the Hudson

Sewing MachineSafety PinTypewriters

ProcessesVulcanizationIron into SteelOil drilling

Inventions and the importance of Patents

AgricultureCotton Gin (1793-Eli Whitney)

New demand for Southern CottonNew demand for Labor

Improvements in the plowReaper

Inventions and the importance of Patents

Transportation and CommunicationRoads and turnpikes

National Road moves westward- 1811

Bridge Building

Inventions and the importance of Patents

Canal Building1825-Erie canal Completed

Steam BoatRobert Fulton pilots the Clermont up the Hudson

Locomotive and Railroads1828-1st American Railroad B&O

Telegraph

Inventions and the importance of Patents

Locomotive and Railroads1828-1st American Railroad B&O

Telegraph

Inventions and the importance of Patents

MilitaryBreech Loading FlintlockRevolverRepeating rifle

Inventions and the importance of Patents

Sectional InterestsThe Missouri Compromise

(1820)The Consequences of the 36°30’ line

Industrialism vs. Agrarianism

Federal Land SalesSlavery

Sectional Interests

1791-1803: Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio join the Union

1816-Louisiana admitted1821-Indiana, Missouri,

Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, Maine Admitted

Sectional Interests

Indian Removal1825-Treaty of Indian Springs1830-Indian Removal Act1835-1842: Seminole War1831-Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia

Sectional Interests

1832-Worcester v. Georgia

1835-Treaty of New Echota

1835-1838-Trail of Tears

Sectional Interests