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Idea of Progress
World wide phenomenon; strengthened by enlightenment and growth of science; Charles Darwin; population boom (decline in diseases, better food supply); Manifest Destiny
Before 1830 how was transportation limited?
horse or sailing ship
War of 1812
treaty of Ghent to end war; took 6 weeks for news to cross Atlantic; the battle of New Orleans was fought
How long did it take for news of President William Henry Harrison death to spread?
110
Why was cost for food so high?
goods could only be moved downstream or shipped across the ocean
Early solutions
Better roads, better rivers (canals), better ships (clipper ships)
Revolutionizing Transport/communication
railroads, steamboats/steamships, telegraphs
Railroads
dramatic overhaul in moving people around; reorients nation with east-west connections
How did reorient nation with east and west connections?
Changes farms to monoculture, purchasing new agriculture tech, more land purchases, decrease in labor, smaller families, connects raw production centers, processing center, customers, lead to rapid growth of cities
Steamboats/Steamships
replaced flatboats on Mississippi river and tributaries; made reliable global trade possible; travel time decreased
Telegraphs
Quantum leap in tech, morse code, telegraph lines followed railroads, first transcontinental telegraph cable; quicker communication (minutes)
Alexander Graham Bell
bell’s mom and wife deaf, father and grandfather studied speech, born in Scotland, knew little about electricity (a lot about speech) firm believer in progress, generous with young inventors
Bell and telephone
patented telephone; lots of lawsuits; millions made
Bicycle Craze
very high and unsafe; safety bicycles invented; 1890’s mass adoption; large number of sales to women
What did bicycles do for women?
emancipated women more than anything else-Susan B Anthony
Automobiles
assembly line mass production; process radically improved by Henry Ford and Motor company; replaced craft manufacturing; 4 mill by 1935
Barney Oldfield
became a huge celebrity; bicycle and auto racer; constantly broke records
