During the first half of the 19th century, the United States was transformed by the Industrial Revolution. The revolution was greatly aided; it grew out of a convergence of public approaches and private intesity.
During the first half of the 19th century, the United States was transformed by the Industrial Revolution. The revolution was greatly aided; it grew out of a convergence of public approaches and private intensity. The public evidently had granted more to the Industrial Revolution. If not for the government, it might have even transpired.
Interconnecting roads and canals for moving people, raw materials, and manufactured goods was essential to the expansion of both a national and an industrial prudence. In Document B, The establishment of the Erie Canal helped to transform New York into the largest city in the nation. It linked the economies of western farms and eastern cities. In Document E, a map is shown to illustrate the canals built by the state governments in the Northeast. In little more than a decade, canals joined together all the major lakes and rivers east of the Mississippi. In Document I, it states that the federal government invested their money in the canals, roads, and manufacturing firms. Updated transportation meant lower food prices in the east, more immigrants settling in the west, and mending economic ties between the two sections. The governments were wise in their decision to not put any restriction on immigration. During the years of 1840-1850, as shown in Document G, the number of immigrants soared. The immigrants provided for a working class and a cheap labor source (there was great tension between native-born and the immigrants) the city populations began to rise.