The Market Revolution 1800 1840 The MARKET REVOLUTION

“The MARKET REVOLUTION” Economic Changes Innovations in transportation and communication

Roads and Steamboats Turnpikes: Toll Roads National Road (1806): Cumberland, MD to Old Northwest

Erie Canal 1825 Governor De. Witt Clinton Upstate New York Travel from east to

Map 9. 1 The Market Revolution: Roads and Canals, 1840 Give Me Liberty!: An

Railroads 1828 – Baltimore and Ohio (1 st railroad) 30, 000 miles of railroad

Telegraph Samuel Morse – 1830 s First message 1844: "What hath God wrought? "

The Rise of the West Result of improvements in technology 1815 -1821: IN, IL,

A New Economy The Cotton Kingdom Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin (1793) Expanded slavery while

Table 9. 1 Population Growth of Selected Western States, 1800– 1850 (Excluding Indians) Give

Regional Differences South Rural Underdeveloped compared to North Connection between commercial farms & manufacturing

Cities Cincinnati and St Louis slaughterhouses Chicago Based on location Increase in growth

Market Society The Factory System Samuel Slater – Spinning Jenny Powered by water Textiles

Market Society The Industrial Worker More rigid Wage not product based Clock time The

Market Society The Growth of Immigration Irish – potato famine; stayed on east coast

Table 9. 2 Total Number of Immigrants by Five-year Period Give Me Liberty!: An

Market Society The Rise of Nativism Anti-Catholic…. so Anti-Irish Blamed immigrants for society’s ills----

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The Market Revolution 1800– 1840

“The MARKET REVOLUTION” Economic Changes Innovations in transportation and communication

Roads and Steamboats Turnpikes: Toll Roads National Road (1806): Cumberland, MD to Old Northwest Lancaster Turnpike: Pennsylvania (1807) Robert Fulton: Steamboat (Clermont) Allowed for quicker transport Upstream trade

Erie Canal 1825 Governor De. Witt Clinton Upstate New York Travel from east to west

Railroads 1828 – Baltimore and Ohio (1 st railroad) 30, 000 miles of railroad by 1860

Telegraph Samuel Morse – 1830 s First message 1844: "What hath God wrought? " Used Morse code Public information first

The Rise of the West Result of improvements in technology 1815 -1821: IN, IL, MO, AL, MS, and ME states Small farm families with slaves (Cotton) Farm families and New Englanders to Midwest Florida (1819) from Spanish 1840: 2/5 th lived west of Appalachians

A New Economy The Cotton Kingdom Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin (1793) Expanded slavery while dividing North and South The Unfree Westward Movement 1 million forced west Jefferson’s dream of free west shattered

Regional Differences South Rural Underdeveloped compared to North Connection between commercial farms & manufacturing in cities West Loans from the east Increased agricultural production

Cities Cincinnati and St Louis slaughterhouses Chicago Based on location Increase in growth

Market Society The Factory System Samuel Slater – Spinning Jenny Powered by water Textiles in 1840 s Other products later Eli Whitney – interchangeable parts

Market Society The Industrial Worker More rigid Wage not product based Clock time The “Mill Girls” Moral village Short term employment Replaced with immigrants

Market Society The Growth of Immigration Irish – potato famine; stayed on east coast Germans – political unrest; more skilled; headed west

Market Society The Rise of Nativism Anti-Catholic…. so Anti-Irish Blamed immigrants for society’s ills---- crime, political corruption, heavy drinking, job competition (low wages) Riots and violence