THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Another Revolution Affects America

• Factories were an outcome of the Industrial Revolution
• Interchangeable parts were parts that were exactly alike
• Mass production was producing goods in large quantities

The Beginning

• The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britian
• Inventors came up with ways to generate power through streams and coal
• Then the first factories were built in Britian

THE WEALTH OF AMERICA

• The main source of income in America after the War was trade
• Two events turnedAmericans toward the development of domestic industries
• Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812

THe Country is Affected

• The North was most affected by the change in Manufacturing
• They were more affected because factories strived in the North
• Agriculture was the main source of in the South
• Factories were popular in the North because of the city life

Textile Industry

• The machinery was becoming better and more efficent.
• 1813, the American textile industry was cahnged by mechanizing all the stage making of cloth
• Plans from an English mill were used
• Francis Cabot Lowell, Nathan Appleton, and Patrick Tracy Jackson

Split in Two

• During this time there were two sides
• the agriculture part(South and West)
• industrial part of the country(North)
• The South and West produced grain, wheat, and other food
• While the North used machinery to produce items that could be utilized.

Agriculture in the North

• In the North, cash crops were the only source of farming or agriculture left
• The growing cities and the type of soil, only let the farmers grow 1 to 2 crops
• situations arose in the North due to the rising populations, and the cities being built

agriculture in the south

• Cotton took over as the cash crop in the South
• The cotton gin lead to the increase and demand for cotton
• Slaves were also in a high demand because of amount of cotton
• The plantations in the South were growing and they needed slaves

Madison's PLan to unify the nation

• Unite the regions of the country and create a strong, stable economy that would make the US self-sufficient.
• Three major points presented
• developing transportation systems, establishing a protective tariff, and resurrecting the national bank.
• Henry Clay promoted the Americaan System.

The American System

• The American System would unite the nation’s economic interests
• The North would produce the manufactured goods that farmers in the South/West would buy
• South and West would produce most of the grain, meat, and cotton needed in the North.
• An accepted from of money and improved transportation network would connect them

INternal Improvements

• Improvements that are going to help the nation move goods or travel faster
• The railroads, Erie Canal, and the National Road.

Tariffs

• The tariffs on imports suggested by Madison and Clay was a protective tariff.
• Increased the price on imports of foreign goods and got rid of the price advantage
• The Northerners welcomed the tariff, but the people in the South and West were upset
• They resented any government that made imports more exspensive

NAtional Bank

• The leaders agreed that a national bank would benefit everyone
• The Bank would make available currency accepted nationwide
• This would make it easier for people in different regions to do business

James Monroe