TRANSPORTATION AND MARKET REVOLUTIONS

TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION

• Canals, steamboats, railroads
• Turnpikes (ex: National Road)
• Steamboats
• Canals
• Railroads

ERIE CANAL

• Farmers in Old NW lacked access to east coast markets
• Connected Albany and Buffalo (363 miles)
• Transformed New York into commercial center
• Created ties between east & west (manufacturing & agriculture)
• Inspired canal building frenzy

MARKET REVOLUTION

• Creation of a national economy that connected distant communities
• Manufacturing

IMPACT OF REVOLUTIONS

NORTHEAST

• Fast industrial growth
• Construction of textile mills
• Trade relationship with New England and Old NW
• Created wealthy class of urban capitalists

MIDWEST

• Accelerated migration
• Chicago
• Pittsburgh, Cincy, St.Louis, Cleveland, Detroit
• Increased cash crop production
• Linked to NE by canal and railroad

THE SOUTH

• Failed to keep up with industrialization
• Plantation system moved into MS & AL
• Remained agricultural economy