Industrial Revolution of Early 1800’s

• Major changes in communication, transportation and manufacturing, encouraging economic growth.

Telegraph

• Samuel Morse•Used a code of dots and

dashes to represent letters

Cotton Gin

• Separated the cotton seeds from the fibers•Made cotton farming

profitable.• Increased need for slaves

Steam Boat

• Used steam power to go upstream.• Invented the practical steam engine to be

used in boats.• Opened up shipping on Ohio and Mississippi

Rivers

Erie Canal

• Connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River• Causes a boom in the cities of

Buffalo and New York City

Tenement Housing

• Small crowded apartments, where many families lived in one building.

• Often a lack of sanitation• Shared kitchen and other facilities