How Did Transportation Change From 1815 To 1860

With the creation of systems such as steamboats and the Eire Canal, urban systems expanding appearing all over areas such as the Mississippi River. The Eire Canal allowed the Atlantic Ocean to be connected directly to the Great Lakes through New York and Albany, which in turn allowed them to be connected to the Mississippi. The Mississippi and the Great Lakes were already existing natural landscapes, but the creation of the new transportation system of the Eire Canal imposed a new geography to them, allowing them to become a central backbone to the American Transportation system. Transportation choices, such as the Eire Canal, allow the American transportation system to avoid constraints provided by natural landscapes, and fully take advantage of their opportunities. One example of this was the steamboat sublime, which removed the constraints on the Mississippi River that limited the movement of vessels to be only able to travel downstream.

In Chapter 14, the nineteenth century is seen as a time of “movement.” During this time period of 1790-1860, one witnesses great western development as well an tremendous increase in immigration from Europe. Population booms causing new social organizations to be founded as immigrants enter the workforce in which factory work becomes much more tires. This leads to the Industrial Revolution which spurs both Northeastern and Western economy as new American innovations arise. With these two major themes of the century, the Transportation Revolution becomes inevitable as both sides of an expanding country connect communal and commercial forces.

If you look at the quote from Peter L. Burnstein, you can see that "transportation has been a big challenge for most of human history" and that "villages just twenty miles apart once seemed far away from each other". This means that the Erie Canal solved a problem that has been there since man could travel and it changed the definition of far away. The Erie Canal caused a steady increase in trade. If you look at Chart 4, you can see that there is a constant rise of bushels of wheat transported on the Erie Canal from 1829 to 1841. This means that the Erie Canal was being used more for trade every year.

2. In what ways did development in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1810-1840? Thesis: The developments in transportation in the early 19th century brought about the completion of new canals and roads, these developments linked the east to the west an example of this on page 161 in amsco is “The completion of the Erie canal in New York state in 1825 was a major event in linking the economies of western farms and eastern cities” This is showing that transportation simulates an economic dependency of the cities on the farms in which they are receiving goods from.

The Transcontinental Railroad transformed the United States socially by allowing people to travel across the country, bringing people together, and beginning discrimination against the Chinese. The first way that the Transcontinental Railroad transformed the United States is by allowing people to travel across the country. Many ads invited “tourists and pleasure seekers” to use the Transcontinental Railroad to see mountains, valley, lakes, and more attractions (Doc G). Before the Transcontinental Railroad, it was difficult and dangerous to travel away from home, but the railroads made it easy, safe, and convenient to explore the country.

In the United States today a person could board a non-stop flight in New York City and arrive in San Francisco in less than seven hours. American’s today are spoiled in many ways, especially when it comes to travel. Imagine, instead of taking a flight to San Francisco you would have to travel by horse and buggy for up to six months in order to make the same trip. From the horse and buggy, travel evolved in the 1800s to railway and trains, which severely reduced the travel time. The Transcontinental Railroad influenced the westward expansion and transformed travel and economics of the United States in the late 1800s.

In the western United States during the 19th century, the nation was impacted for the better by miners, homesteaders, and railroads. Although all of these different groups of people had an effect on the United States, one group prominently had the most significant impact. Miners, homesteaders, and railroads proved to be beneficial to the growing nation’s development, and railroads were the most effective in opening up the West. Miners were the first group to start transforming the West, making it a vital part of the United States’ economy, and building new towns.

The Erie canal had a huge impact on America. As we know, America was already great, the Erie Canal only made America greater. This "marvel" made by the people for the people made America better because it gave us extra money, made trade easier, and it made America a better place. The way that the Erie Canal gave us extra money was mostly by charging boats that wasn’t even a big fee. For example a boat had to pay $3.50 to travel 80 miles.

“the canal’s impact was immediate” New York became an immense immigration hub with hundreds of thousands of Irish and German men and women pouring into the United States and the canal allowed them to move faster and cheaper into the northwestern interior of the country, with this massive influx in the population around the northern areas, the North greatly outnumbered the South. With the larger population, the North was able to fill the blue-coated armies and keep the industrial businesses up and running, “the wealth and population-generating power of the canal made New York the “Empire State”, states Pierson. The author goes on to say that without the canal during the civil war, that the citizens of the northwestern areas would depend on the Mississippi to transport their goods to market, which in turn would make them more sympathetic to the Confederacy, but with the Erie canal, the western products went to feed and support the growing regions of the mid-Atlantic area and specifically New

The Great Changes of The Erie Canal Infustrucial history found in the late 1700s to the early 1800s was rare, one of these rare instances was the creation of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal was one of the first massive Infrastructure projects built in the U.S.. The Erie Canal brought great change to the U.S. and to New York State by proving States had the power to create big projects, led to many cities holding economic importance, and the Erie Canal made it easier to travel the terrain. To begin, the Erie Canal brought great change to the U.S. and New York State by proving states could Produce great projects without the help of the government. The U.S. government thought the idea of a canal stretching from the Hutson to Lake Erie was insanity,

In the 1800’s, they used railroads to transport goods and people, but there were other ways to transport. The ways of transportation then effected how thing are produced and how we transport now. People transported in many ways in the 1800’s. There were not as many options as there are now, but there was a variety for them to choose from. “People used covered wagons, horses, and buggies”(1800’s Transportation & Technology).

Following the War of 1812, America began to expand rapidly due to improvements in the economic landscape. During the war when the United States had cut off trade with Britain, they developed more factories and mills on their own. This spiked a development of a more diverse economy. Between 1815 and 1850 the United States expanded all the way to the pacific coast. The allurement of cheap land, unlimited amounts of job opportunities, along with freedom of religion, captivated those who lived in Europe.

Throughout American History, revolutions in transportation have affected the American society politically, socially and economically. Soon after the war of 1812, American nationalism increased which leads to a greater emphasis on national issues, the increase in power and prevalence of the national government and a growing sense of the American Identity. Railways, canals, and Turnpikes began to increase making many people employed. The era of 1830-1860 represents a shift from agrarianism to industrialism. Overall, during the transportation revolution, construction of turnpikes, roads, canals, and railroads led to the market economy expansion, an increased population in America and alternations of the physical landscape of America.

The 1800s was a very eventful time for American history, consisting of the Industrial Revolution, Civil War, and arguably the biggest change in our society, the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. This extraordinary invention and design allowed for a lot of change in the U.S. This railroad truly paved the way for America’s future, and it instilled a strong sense of pride in the nation. The Transcontinental Railroad was a positive invention because it allowed for longer distance travel, and unified the nation; yet it could be seen as a negative invention because of the disaster it created for the Native Americans and the extermination of buffalo.

Before the 1800s, there were two early roads, Forbes and Wilderness Road. In 1811, the National Road known as Cumberland Road was built to reach Western settlements, because they needed a road to ship farm products that connect East and West. The National Road passed thousand of wagons and coaches. John F. Stover states in American Railroads, “The rich agricultural production of the country, the small but expanding factories of eastern cities, and the largely untapped natural resources of the nation-all of these called for improvements in transport. ”(Stover1)