"Instead of uniting the country, the economic changes brought about by developments in industry, agriculture, and transportation from 1820 to 1860 produced more sectional conflicts and divisions."

Throughout the times of stressful manual labor and the heat of the unbearable sun there were many inventions and ideas that not only directly impacted the way society is today but also how people were seen back then. There were many breakthrough inventions such as the railroad, steamboat and the cotton gin that seem to be miracles for that period of time. The first topic I want to assess is the way economic changes that …

…The steamboat made it more convenient for people along the riverside to receive goods, like tea, clothes, sugar, and even rum. These inventions single handedly changed the way people travel today whether it be by water, land or air people find someway to get where they want to go. These technological advances not only altered the ways of lives for the early American colonists, but they also helped shape the way the economy is today.