How Did The Industrial Revolution Change America

During the early 1800s, the United States went through a change in its economy called the Industrial Revolution. The country went from an agricultural to industrial economy. The change in the economy had an impact on many things in the United States, such as jobs, railroads, and factories. The way men and women earned money to make a living changed during this time. The California Gold Rush occurred during the Industrial Revolution and also had a big impact in changing the United States. The Industrial Revolution created different jobs for workers and females, new way of transportation, and the California Gold Rush created a large migration to the west. At first, people made a living by working on farms and selling crops. Because of the Industrial Revolution, people started to work in factories that were built. Girls went from being farm girls to working in factories. Employers hired females to work in their factories because they could pay
Railroads were first invented during this time and was a faster way to travel and transport goods across the country. The way of traveling before railroads was by river on steamboats showed in the fourth document. Steamboats were invented during early part of the Industrial Revolution, and then later on railroads were created that made it easier to get from the east to west. Building railroads that went hundreds of miles took a lot of labor. This created more jobs for people to work in the railroad industry. Lastly, better transportation was important to make trade easier. In the last document, the image of the railroads, shows railroads from the east coast going west. Transporting goods from the west became easier because of railroads. Railroads allowed and easy and fast way of transporting the goods to the east coast to be sent to other countries. Also, the railroads made it easier to move goods coming into the east coast to the