Majority of transportation of goods done by boat
Canal Age
Erie Canal is the most famous
Many canals failed miserably
Very costly
Few canals in South
Less money
Fewer rivers
Railroads
Early trunk lines
Tracks had different gauge width
Steel and ties
Competition between railroads and canals
Railroads win out
Faster, can go over mountains
Easier to build
Railroad consolidation
Connect trunk lines
Standardize gauge
Canals are advantageous for NE with many rivers
Telegraph lines along railroad tracks
Revolutionizes journalism
Associated Press
Decreases crime
Advent of Limited Liability Corporations
Inadequate Credit
Industry Changes
Shoe Industry especially
Shoes mass produced
Industrial Northeast
Mass produce interchangeable parts
Changes guns
Decline of Merchant Capitalism
Transformation of Agriculture
Moves West
Lowell System
Paternalistic system
Good system for women, treated well
System failed eventually
Boom and bust
Immigrant labor
Steps to women's liberation
Economic advantages of Immigrant labor
Much cheaper
Could be treated worse
Brings in unions
Deskilling of labor
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