In my opinion the greatest advancement of the Industrial Revolution had to have been the steam-powered locomotive. If the railroad never had gained traction in the US, the economy wouldn’t be as strong as it is today. The thousands of miles of track that was laid unified a nation for the better, increasing profits to businesses, offering cities a quicker alternative to travel, and connected almost every major city in the country. Sure, the emergence of interchangeable parts made production faster, but without a quick way to ship goods, the demands of customers could have been met by another competitor during the time it took for a horse to pull goods to them. Lastly, trains could hold more people per car than a horse and buggy could while giving…
Lesson One: Question: How did improvements in transportation affect individuals and/or nations during the 19th century? Answer: With the advanced and improved innovations of transportation, this established faster and more trade routes. The invention of the steam engine, paved roads, and locomotives allowed people to transfer goods in a short period of time. This also kept certain goods from spoiling faster.…
The Industrial Revolution was the result of the creation of machines used to produce and create goods easier and faster. These quicker and easier machines forced men, women and children to move to the city and engage in manual labor, work for others and live in unhealthy, harsh conditions. Other results of the Industrial Revolution was population growth due to the urbanization of many farmers. There were also poor living conditions and increased wealth for the middle class factory owners Results also included pollution and mass produced goods due to the increased amount of machines and…
Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the industrial revolution in the North-east 1810–50 to the settlement of the West 1850–1890. The American railroad mania began with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1828 and flourished until the Panic of 1873 bankrupted many companies and temporarily ended growth. Although the South started early to build railways, it concentrated on short lines linking cotton regions to oceanic or river ports, and the absence of an interconnected network was a major handicap during the Civil War. The North and Midwest constructed networks that linked every city by 1860. In the heavily…
Innovation at its Finest The Industrial Revolution was the largest economic boom in history, that lifted America out of the Great Depression. Machines began taking over and producing products in a faster and more efficient way than ever before. The Industrial Revolution towers over any other invention era because of: John Deere’s plow, advancements in transportation, first patents, work, and many contemporary inventions.…
The impact of the Industrial Revolution During the Industrial Revolution change was happening around every corner. With population growth reaching new heights the demand on goods followed eagerly. The expansion of the Industrial Revolution affected society through transportation, living conditions, and the working conditions. Transportation has played various parts in the impact of society.…
The new methods introduced along with new machinery made food faster to grow with little work and thus encouraged the industrial revolution. Fourthly, the innovations in transportation allowed the surplus of food to be transported to urban regions faster and cheaply. For example the invention of steam powered boats and later trains allowed for fast and cheap transportation. Fifthly, the large population in cities served as laborers for the factories. These conditions allowed for a vast amount of unemployment that created an incentive for industrialization and the creation of jobs that followed.…
The Industrial Revolution provided jobs, made traveling faster and easier, and caused the economy to explode. The Industrial Revolution employed men, women and children…
Britain’s Industrial Revolution “Were the effects of the industrial revolution in Great Britain more positive or more negative?” Everything up until the late 1700’s everything was made by hand and by hard labour. Many would work over 12 hours in a field or work with making clothing. Imagine what kind of effect a simple machine can do to a country. The effects of the industrial revolution in Great Britain with more positive than negative due the to the fact that because of the industrial revolution, work was now easier and faster than before, clothes and travel was now cheaper and at a affordable price, and overall improved the economy.…
The Industrial Revolution that began in England in the eighteenth century was a major turning point for people around the globe. During the Industrial Revolution, there were many significant inventions and changes that affected people both positively and negatively. Some of the drawbacks and improvements during that period of time were textile machines, bridgewater canals, factories, turnpikes, steam locomotives, agriculture to urbanization, communication tools, incandescent lamp, and more. Even though there were both positive and negative outcomes of the Industrial Revolution, the positive effects were actually more significant. Just like many other events in the history, the Industrial Revolution brought many pros and cons to people’s lives,…
This form of transportation was very slow and the horses could only carry so much before being over encumbered. Major changes in transportation contributed to the growth of the American economy during the Industrial Revolution. The arrival of machinery and new inventions like the steam engine caused an economic explosion in the United States. The steam engine made it possible for steamboats and steam locomotives to be built. Boundless (2016) states, “In 1807, Robert Fulton built the first commercial steamboat, which operated between New York City and Albany” (para. 6).…
As the years went by, the pace to which products expanded quicken due to the hiring of professional engineers and chemists that had a greater ability to create more advanced products etc. Technology played a major factor in the Industrial Revolution. As things improved, technology spruced the idea to economic and industrial growth. Technology mainly sped up the transportation and communication that had been enhanced to a greater extent. Many things had resulted from this.…
Even today, railroads move millions of tons of materials and products far more efficiently than they can be moved by any other means. Railroads no longer are used as means of travel as they once were, but they remain a vital part of the American economy even today. There were some major points of Railroad Construction that increased the size of the industrial revolution and made it what it was. These were: The building of the railroads which naturally connected and caused the settlement of the West and the gradual destruction of Indian cultures. Also three natural resources were needed to prosper in new territory: land, water, and timber, but out west two are missing, and the railroads carried wood to the plains areas.…
The Industrial Revolution was the quick development of industry during the late 18th and 19th centuries in Britain that was brought about by advances in machinery. This revolution did bring about quicker transportation, cheaper clothes and well-built houses but these benefits are surpassed by the negative effects such as inhumane working conditions, death of workers and an immense amount of people who had to live in slums. According to Document 1, children began working at ages as young as ten where they would work sixteen hour shifts with one slight break around lunchtime. To keep the exhausted children awake, they were frequently hit with straps.…
English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said, “The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.” Those insightful words could not ring more true when spoken at the time. The world was changing and science and technology was at the forefront of this movement. New manufacturing processes were developed and instead of everything being hand-made, goods were produced in factories. As more new machines were invented, production became increasingly faster.…