nation - 1850’s decade of the railroad‚ Chicago‚ 9 – 30‚000 miles - John Bloomfield Jervis – “Bogie” - spurred the growth of factories Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph Cyrus W. Field pushed his idea of an underwater telegraph line to Europe‚ in 1858 it worked briefly Industrial Revolution: - British system‚ enclosures act - Samuel Slater‚ 1792 - established a textile factory in Rhode Island - rise of the factory system - Industrial revolution helped to bring about a transportation
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Agriculture and the national economy The importance of cotton to the economy Invention of the cotton gin Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 Revolutionary impact of the gin It made cotton producing much faster and more efficient Impact on slavery It made less work for the slaves‚ and it made the cotton much easier to work with Encouragement of westward migration It was encouraged to grow cotton westward because there was more land and it was more fertile. Cotton
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Chronological Order 1832 -Samuel Finley Breese Morse invents the telegraph‚ also known as the Morse code. Written codes appeared on a strip of paper by using pulses of current to deflect on electromagnet to move a marker on the paper. Members of congress witnessed the first communication by electric telegraph in 1844 when a message was sent and received from Washington to Baltimore. 1866 - Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was successfully put down and operating twenty-two years after Morse code was created
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Jason Lerdahl Lerdahl 1 History 22 Professor C.Bender 3-1-11 The Market Revolution The Market Revolution was the economic push that America so desperately needed in the early nineteenth century. The innovations and inventions in transportation‚ communication‚ and technology during this time period couldn’t have come at a better time in U.S. history. Roads and railroads were both improved
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American people have been influenced by Europeans for centuries. Art has always been an important factor throughout history and has influenced how we think. The Hudson River School is a prime example of people’s love for art. Taking on characteristics of the Romanticism movement in Europe‚ the Hudson River school was the first painting based school in America. (2) With a strong sense of nationalism‚ artists painted beautiful scenes of American wilderness and desired to become independent of European
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List the five most important inventions of the early nineteenth century. Rank them in order of importance. Justify your ranking. The early nineteenth century was an important period in the development of the United States. It saw a huge increase in population—through both higher birthrates and immigration—and the growth of a more stable and profitable economy. It also brought huge innovations in technology. The Industrial Revolution of the early nineteenth century produced some of the most important
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Between 1820 and 1840 the American population increased dramatically and most were moving to town and cities. The quality of health and living standards improved so white women had a lot of children and there was decrease in infant mortality rate. By the year 1840‚ the population had increased to 17 million. The population of New York for instance was the 312-805‚000 making it the largest‚ lot of people were also migrating from Europe to America. Politicians used this growth to seek more support
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Mathew Brady was born in Warren County New York in 1823 . When Mathew was 16 his job was to manufacture jewelry cases . In spare time he took painting lessons from William page‚a famous painter . He and Page moved ‚and there he met Samuel Morse (the man who invented photography) .He took lessons from him and found he had a natural talent for photography. In 1844 he got his first studio wich was actually some empty rooms above a store .His business was very successful and he got a studio in Washington
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Chapter 22 Section 1 Origins of the Industrial movement The Enclosure Movement An agricultural revolution started to occur in the 1500’s Until the 1600’s farmers used public lands to graze cattle and sheep. Then these lands started to be enclosed‚ or fenced off‚ into individual plots This is called the Enclosure Movement. This benefited richer landowners‚ who added to their lands‚ but the smaller landowner was forced to become tenant farmers or had to move into the cities. A tenant farmer
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was during this time that the telegraph (which had originally been created during the French Revolution in an attempt by the French to send and receive information quickly) was modified and patented by American Samuel Morse. With the help of his colleague‚ Alfred Vail‚ Morse also created Morse code‚ which was the way people communicated with the telegraph. The telegraph remained a popular form of long-distance communication until new technology‚ which was oftentimes modeled after the telegraph itself
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