Technology and Transportation

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Technology and Transportation
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Objectives

• Evaluate Samuel Slaters influence on American
  manufacturing
• Explain why interchangeable parts make mass
  production possible
• List the effects of the cotton gin on slavery and
  the Southern economy
• Evaluate the effects of steamboats, canals, and
  railroads.

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The Industrial Revolution
Spinning Mule
Spinning Wheel
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The Industrial Revolution
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Contributions to Am. Factory System

• 1.) Samuel Slaters Mills
• 2.) Eli Whitneys Interchangeable Parts

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Samuel Slater
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Interchangeable Parts What are they?
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Interchangeable Parts

• Eli Whitney
• Sets up gun factory
• Major Effects
• Mass production becomes possible
• Expansion of factory system

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Cotton Gin
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Cotton Production 1860
Cotton Production 1800
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Watts Steam Engine
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Canals
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Steamboats
Effects of Transportation Technology
Canals
Farming Profits increase
transport time decreases
Watts Steam Engine
Price of transport decreases
Railroads
Price of Goods decreases