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During the 19th century the Transportation of goods was a large issue in the west. They had no direct route to larger trade opportunities only the trade between small towns and cities. After the development of roads and steam power transportation and trade became much easier and an improved way of life.

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Resources were plentiful in the Oregon country were Indians resided. Things such as meat, Vegetables, and fish were easy to find. While many pioneers came to these fertile and abundant lands the Indians choose to help them rather than ignore them.

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Many other groups moved west in hopes to establish social and religious practices. Mormons and Protestants sent settlers and missionaries to the west to establish New Plymouth colonies.

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Many migrants were promised plentiful land in America. Waves of Americans pushed westward in areas with Fur trappers, miners, land speculators, and loggers.

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Gold and other mundane materials brought many fortune hunters to the far west. Because of industrialization many materials such as iron and tin were in high demand. Westward migration became more apparent due to the. Promise of high demands.

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William Becknell began selling and trading goods along the Santa Fe trail from St. Louis to Mexico. Some of the Indian, European, and American population became an elite class after intermarriages and intermingling fortunes. This allowed Hispanic leaders to consistently work across cultural lines.

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Cotton brought large profit to planters giving them extra wealth allowing them to live elegant lives. The women attended balls and parties wearing elegant gowns. While the young men were allowed great academics where they learned about honor and militarism. Although Slave labor wasn’t cheap so most planters bought slaves and land off credit leaving a large threat on their lifestyles.

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The plantation industry was unstable after the high demands of slaves. Planters went places like Maryland and Virginia looking to make more profit off of slaves. This high demand in slaves further separated the different races putting slaves in worse conditions.

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Large scale planters gained great political, social, and economic importance due to their control over large parts of productive land and labor. These large scale planters were deemed more important than their numbers showed, they expected to high or expectations such as being as successful as the northern industry’s. There large demands made slave labor more profitable.

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Competing with these manufactures became very difficult resulting in poor immigrant workers working for terrible wages. They offered cheaper and alternative labor that wasn’t as efficient. These low wages were the only way to compete with large manufacturers after interchangeable parts.

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Now that interchangeable parts were taking over, workers jobs were less important. Instead of workers manufacturing these products machines took over, simplifying their jobs to assembling pre made parts. Positions such as apprentices, journeymen, and master-craftsman were now irrelevant.

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As factory production slowly became popular it effected many groups of society. Women realized they could produce marketable items and have enough money for other things as well as already made clothing. Soon after an engineer discovered and proved that products with interchangeable parts were reasonable resulting in common products like clocks and sewing machines more expensive.

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Transportation was taken a step further when steam technology added to the revolution. The new development of steamboats allowed cotton farmers to move move closer to the nations core, fur trappers and traders moves further up the Missouri River, and western farmers went to the Ohio Valley. These boats not only could hold heavier objects but also caused transportation prices to drop even more.

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Erie Canal, Main Street, Buffalo, NY, USA

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Erie Canal, Main Street, Buffalo, NY, USA

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Erie Canal, Main Street, Buffalo, NY, USA

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Multiple waterways became very popular, allowing long distance hauling. These waterways known as the Eerie Canal revolutionized the cost of transporting long distance goods. These waterways went from Buffalo to Albany allowing goods to be transported quicker and prices to lower. Transportation went from $100 to $15 as well as cut the transportation time from 20 days to. 8.

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The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, South 3200 West, Layton, UT, USA

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The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, South 3200 West, Layton, UT, USA

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The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, South 3200 West, Layton, UT, USA

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The west along with the new nation were in desperate need of transportation and communication with the new regions during the rapid expansion. The National road was the first major change in 1838, it reached all the way to Vandalia, Illinois and eventually to St. Louis. This road included gravel pavement as well as stone bridges.