Industrial revolution

First up... Transporation

Steamboat

• Went through canals that hade been dug
• Allowed goods to be transported in bulk
• People farther inland gained easier access to manufactured goods 
• Also transported people

Railroad tracks and the Locomotive

• Miners laid down tracks for their horses to pull carts on
• On the track, one horse could carry as much as 20 horses could on a road
• Later the locomotive was built. Instead of horses now trains went on tracks
• The locomotive allowed goods and people to be transported a lot faster
• It also allowed goods to be transported across America

Next up... communication

The telegraph

• The telegraph allowed messages to be sent and received almost instantly 
• It was sort of like the first from of texting
• It helped people communicate a lot faster
• Helped people get caught on national events faster

Telephone

• Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
• Unlike the telegraph, you could actually hear words 

Last but not least... Production

INTERCHANGEABLE Parts

• Eli Whitney recieved an order from the U.S. gov. to make 10,000 rifles 
• Before rifles had been hand made and they were all unique
• Eli Whitney made the rifles identical so if it broke you could easily just 
• replace the part

Cotton gin

• Another invention made by Eli Whitney
• This machine seperated the seeds from the cotton
• It could produce 50 times as much cotton as a manual laborer

The industrial revolution changed the way we communicate, transport, and produce things. These were just some of the many inventions that affected those things.