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 agricultural advances made changed the work ethics and stress exerted on the slaves of the 1800's. The first invention that changed the work ethics of slaves was the cotton gin, which was made by Eli Whitney. …