IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON SHIPMENT OF GOODS

• Robert Fulton –Revolutionized shipment of manufactured and agricultural goods by with his steam-powered boat.

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGYON AGRICULTURE

• John Deere’s steel plow & Cyrus McCormick’s reaper would impact agriculture and make it easier to settle new territories in the West.

John Deere’s Steel Plow

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGYON AGRICULTURE

McCormick’sreaper

SECTIONALISM

• Sectionalism refers to the economic, social, cultural & political differences that exist between different parts of the country

IMPACT OF TECHNOLGYON SECTIONALISM• Technology helped to foster

sectionalism in the country.

• The South is transformed into a plantation system dependent on slave labor

• The North became a region dependent on factories & immigrant laborers.

• The West becomes a growing frontier of small landowners

The Industrial Revolution did more than transform the nation’s economy; it helped set the nation on a course that ultimately led to westward expansion & civil war.

EARLY U. S. INDUSTRIALIZATION

1. Who invented the cotton gin & interchangeable parts?

a.Eli Whitney C. Robert Fultonb.Samuel Slater D. Cyrus McCormick

2. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution impact both the northern & southern United States? How did it impact western territories?