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, the government has the right to produce a copyright and or patton. Which is a positive change in industrial revolution, because it saves inventors ideas from being stolen. In relation to technology, the U.S government is advertising to develop new technology by funding. Government funded money is called subsidizing. While inventors are inventing technology and great ideas, the government is subsidizing and giving them patton's, to protect their ideas. Government was contracting inventors which supports the idea of government advertising to develop new technology. Document “J” a secondary source book by Daniel Boorstin and Brooks M. Kelley shows support for industrial revolution in ways of government, for example “The bank of the U.S, which had not been recharted in 1811, had to close it’s doors. Without a national bank it was doubly difficult for the nation to pay.” In regards to government this quotation means that they did not renew the bank's business license. The government was in a really low condition after the war, they had money to pay back (war debt) and many other problems. Republicans then stood up and took the challenge and renewed the bank , (rechartered). After the republicans rechartered the bank, they started calling it “The Second Bank Of The U.S”. The second bank then allowed us to pay back war debt, and government would resume. Because now our government is under control, many foreign immigrants have moved to the U.S. In the long road, the U.S government played a huge part in the industrial revolution.

Before the Civil War, the way of american life was modified due to technology. The government was subsidizing. Which means the government was paying inventors to invent technology for the better future. Technology at this time was the rise, to the cotton gin, to a system of interchangeable parts. The following inventors were most famous for their inventions during the gilded age: Eli Whitney, Oliver Evans and Montgomery Ward. They all helped our industry into a large strong monopoly. Eli Whitney helped the military by making a factory system in assembling weapons. He told the government he could make 10 guns in just a few minutes using this technique. while he used unskilled workers who were most likely immigrants who had no idea what or how to assemble a gun. But with a few steps in assembling one part at a time, it would make the process easy and fast. With the successful way of assembling ,during the war if guns had a malfunction it was easy to replace the part, because the factory had many in stock. Additionally, Montgomery Ward created the mail catalogue. The mail catalogue opened up the wide variety market to farmer. They could now order farming supplies online, and have it shipped to their doorstep. Not only was it for farmer, but for schools too. Schools used these catalogues as text books to help with reading. In addition, young children would send letters to Ward saying if ward can not put the price on the woman's face, or please don't cut off the little boys feet. They were using them as paperdolls. Ward did just what they have told him, he wanted to listen to them, incase when they're looking for supplies they go to to Ward’s catalogue. He was being nice for more business. Next, oliver Evans made a steam engine that was added to the mills and printing press’s. Evans also experimented with mass production in a flour mill, that was successful.

Before the Civil War, industrial revolution was promoted by population 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

increase in population.

Before the Civil War, the government funded the construction of canals,banks railroads and manufacturing firms.

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

networks.

Before the Civil War,transportation was not the best until railroads were developed. The railroads began in the north. Because of he expansion to the west, products and raw materials had to be shipped along with the people living there. Railroads could solve that problem. At the time, railroads were mostly in the north. They slowly expanded to the west, people and supplies for farming would go on a voyage to the west. This movement supports the belief of “Manifest Destiny”. They settled,and owned farms just like in the south. The west now became the main producer of wheat and barley etc. Throughout New York, the Erie canal transported goods. Dewitt Clinton, the head of the construction of the Erie Canal. Erie canal was very famous for it’s great use in transporting goods, fast and easy by boat. Document “E” a book by Thomas A. Bally and David M. kennedy, the American Pageant, shows a map of the canals connecting 2 large bodies of water. In order to use the canals, steamboats were developed. The first steam boat was named in 1807 “Clearmont”. The great clearmont steamboat transported finished products to raw materials. Steamboats were modified too. Some parts of the canal were very shallow, so the boat manufacturers made the bottom of the boat flat, so it could fit through the shallow waters. There was also an evolution of boats, from fast speed, light weight, big, small and shallow. Transportation played a great part in industrial revolution, and produced great expansion to the west.

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. Before the civil war, Government, Technology, population, capital, transcontinental and communication networks helped change and revolutionize america like it is today,with all of those factors still contributing to industrial revolution in The United States.