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Textile Revolution In The North

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Capital Capital is money given to a technology inventor from a small investor with hope of making a profit. Inventors developing new technology needed lots of capital for machines and factories. Patent A patent is a copyright protection issued by the government for an invention, which prevents others from stealing their idea. Profit can also be made off of this idea for a certain period of time with a patent. Second National Bank After the Second National bank was given permission to operate in 1816, it established a national currency and gave large loans. It provided funding to some inventors and helped strengthen the economic independence of the nation. Textile Machine Textile machines produce cotton thread by a machine powered by …show more content…

Technology developed in the North as a result of the Industrial Revolution include the water frame, invented by Richard Arkwright, a large spinning frame that lowered the cost of cotton cloth and increased the speed of production. Samuel Morse also invented the telegraph during the Industrial Revolution, a device that sent information over wires across great distances. As the Industrial Revolution grew bigger in the North, more than four million immigrants emigrated to the U.S., mainly Europeans. As the number of immigrants grew, Nativists, American-born citizens who opposed immigration, feared losing their jobs, as the labor force was changing. For workers in the North, the living and working conditions were poor. A big part of the workforce was made up of children aged 10 to 14. Families often relied on their children’s salary to provide for their families. The jobs were dangerous and sometimes deadly, as the machinery often injured the kids. During the Industrial Revolution, the transportation in the North improved, and their was a quick growth in becoming more efficient in travel. For both people and goods, traveling by water and land was made faster, with steamboats and

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