u.s. history chapter 13: industrial growth in the north section 3: the transportation revolution
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U.S. History Chapter 13: Industrial Growth in the North Section 3: The Transportation Revolution. Entry Task. Think of something that has been invented in your lifetime, that has made life easier. What is it and how did it make life easier. 1999-2013 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
U.S. HistoryChapter 13: Industrial Growth in the North
Section 3: The Transportation Revolution
Entry Task
Think of something that has been invented in your lifetime, that has made life easier. What is it and how did it make life easier.
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Transportation RevolutionPeriod of rapid growth in the speed & convenience in travel
Created a boom in business
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Roads, canals built
New inventions
SteamboatRailroad
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Shipping times reduced
1817: shipping cargo from Cincinnati, OH to New York, NY took two months
1850s: One week
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Shipping costs reduced
Overland: $100 to ship a load of goods by land across NY state
Canal: $5
The SteamboatSteamboat: one of the
first breakthroughs of the transportation revolution
Robert Fulton: inventor who developed a steam-powered boat
The Steamboat 1803: tested a steamboat in France
Clermont: full-sized commercial steamboat
Fulton demonstrating his steamboat to Napoleon
Bonaparte
The SteamboatAdvantages:
Move quickly against the current
Did not rely on wind power
Shorter travel time, reduced costs
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Thomas Gibbons: operated a steamboat between NJ & Manhattan using a federal license
Did not have a state license from NY
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Aaron Ogden: had been granted a monopoly on the steamboat business by NY state
Ogden sues Gibbons Supreme Court rules in favor
of Gibbons
Assertion of Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce
Federal law overruled state lawAaron Ogden
American Railroads
1800s: Steam-powered trains developed in Britain
1830: Peter Cooper builds the Tom Thumb
Peter Cooper
American Railroads
Steam-powered trains became popular after Cooper raced the Tom Thumb against a horse-drawn railcar
American Railroads
1840: 2000 miles of track laid
Engineers built faster, more powerful locomotives
Accidents common because engineers would travel too fast
American Railroads
1860: 30,000 miles of track laid
Shipping goods to distant markets
Helped cities grow
