Why?
The industrial revolution brought many successful ideas into the world but it also brought many bad things. Inventions like the factory allowed people to get jobs but also brought unhealthy workspaces. The invention of the factory in England was illegally brought over by Samuel Slater to the United States and started the Industrial Revolution.
Rapid industrial development is a blessing because it provided better transportation, made new inventions, and increased population growth.
The increase of industrial revolution provided better transportation like railroads, steamboats, roads, canals. Railroads expanded the industrial revolution westward and it allowed people to ship more goods for a cheaper price faster and in the end could be bought at a cheaper store price. The East Coast and Western Rivers steamboats helped transport freight and people. In 1808 people looked at the steamboats as romantic. Canals such as the Erie Canal brought financial and commercial success. The Erie Canal lowered prices of goods shipped from Buffalo to New York City.
In addition to better transportation, the Industrial Revolution sparked new inventions to come around. The invention of the textile which is a woven fabric helped the more efficient loom to come around. The loom allowed manufacturers to make more cotton clothing. The cotton bang sparked Eli Whitney to create the cotton gin. The machine revolutionized cotton growth. It separated the seeds from the cotton fluff more efficiently than a slave could. 50 times faster than a normal man could. The demand for cotton in the north made this machine necessary to the southern needs. Cotton was being exported and clothes were being made at a high rate in America.
Furthermore, the industry in America increased the population in major cities and ports. The potato famine caused immigrants from Ireland to migrate to America. The number of job opportunities and food supply in America looked appealing to the Irish. This increased the population of cities. Families no longer worked and provided for their own families so they moved eastward to where the cities were because clothing was being mass produced instead of family made and the money from family jobs wasn't sufficient.
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Industrial Revolution: 18th-century English cottage industry. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Feb. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/122191. Accessed 10 Mar. 2017.
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Steamboat: docked on the levee at St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Feb. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/162328. Accessed 10 Mar. 2017.
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Velvet: silk and gilt, 16th century. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Feb. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/126781. Accessed 10 Mar. 2017.
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American Legion Employment Bureau: 1921. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Feb. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/1
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