Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
New Economy - [1] (The Cotton Kingdom (Reinvigorated American slavery -…
New Economy - [1]
The Cotton Kingdom
Reinvigorated American slavery - gave slaves a new job as tobacco was exhausting the soil. Much of slave labor was caused by the need for slaves to work Whitney's cotton gin.
Cotton became the dominant cash crop of the Deep South, stimulating Northern industry
Railroads & Telegraph
Railroads (First introduced to America in 1928) allowed for Americans to travel efficiently on land, especially while transporting materials. .
The Telegraph (Invented by Samuel F. B. Morse) allowed for Americans to instantly communicate with each other, allowing them to connect businesses to create uniform prices.
-
Erie Canal
Allowed for trade to prosper from the Great Lakes to New York, led to New York's economy to increase and more trade to occur.
Rise of the West
After the war of 1812, 4.5 million Americas left their original homes in order to pursue economic success, improving the American economy.
Market Society
Commercial Farmers
New inventions like the steel plow and the reaper led to better crops and bigger harvests in the South
-
The Factory System
Factories were the center of the Market Revolution, leading to the creation of the "American system of manufactures", where America used its factories to create many interchangeable parts.
-
The "Mill Girls"
At Lowell - young unmarried women from Yankee farm families dominated the workforce that tended the spinning machines
-
The Rise of Nativism
Nativism spurred an irrational fear of immigrants, especially Irish immigrants, overtaking the workforce. While immigrants did contribute to the economy, natives heavily opposed it.
The Limits of Prosperity
-
Women and Work
Women were treated unfairly; however, they were finally allowed in the workforce with the start of the market revolution. They did much of the factory based labor to help contribute to their family.
-