Industrial Revolution Dbq Analysis

Within the 18th and 19th century, industrial revolution played a huge part,positive and negative, which changed the way the U.S looks and operates. Industrial Revolution is the change in industrial works. There were dramatic changes in government, technology, population,capital,and last but not least transcontinental and communication networks.

The U.S government gives political direction,and is exercised by the citizens being governed. After analyzing and evaluating many documents, government was one of the main factors that could not have been missed. While many people may argue, government has too much control, the U.S operates with a government that between the 18th century and the 19th century was helping innovation and business increase.

For example, Document “C” is a letter from a farm family to Richard and Ruth Bennet, May 1843. The letter explains that the family could no longer support the farm land. The family the decides to split up and move to Mill town. The children are having bad luck getting in and working. Some family members stayed behind to take some care of the farm property. In summary, the population increased in domestic migrates which then means their is more land. When there is more labor, more manufacturing and more consumers. Document G shows a large increase in population between 1820-1860. The graph shows the slope ( increased and decreased) of immigrants. Population increased in the United States from the result if many “push and pull” factors. For example, a push factor would be a reason to leave that location; hence religious reasons, scarce food source,government problems etc. For many immigrants,America was a land full of opportunity, pull factors made immigrants want to come to The United States. The land was very cheap, making settling a new area cost little to nothing. Our rights were very different than Germany and Ireland (where most immigrants came from during this time period). Freedom of speech, jobs and opportunity were some major factors in the U.S. Many other countries did not have the ideas and technology we have Making technology, government and transportation be a factor for a big

These funded locations promoted manufacturing, making producing goods throughout the country more convenient. In document I, “investment capital for the early factory system come from both the public and private sectors” ******** Sectors are departments,or a private part in the government. Many of the private and public sectors invested in transportation and banking ideas instead of investing in commercial enterprises. The Second Bank of the U.S. is great example of investors investing in private sectors. The government would hold one-fifth of the stock (20%) and would name one-fifth (20%) of the directors. After all capital promotes industrial revolution by commercial capitalists investing in these