~ Main Changes ~

Economics:

At that time, the economics was not very good because of slavery. It had a great gap between the rich and the poor. Basically, the trade had the control of the economics in the United States. Fortunately, because of the trade, the cotton gin was so popular, and cotton got invented, and then somebody invented the sewing machine. When the first practical sewing machine got invented, it actually was very popular because anyone can use it. Then the sewing machine was spread to the French army, there were eighty of them were sewing the French army uniform. The second sewing machine was the first double-thread machine, so it was even more popular then the first practical ones. The third machine had not a very big difference from the second one, so it was not as popular as the second one. The forth machine was based on the second machine, but it actually had a real break through, it was the most popular among those four kinds of sewing machines. The four one was actually the closest machine compare to today. Therefore, the economic went up and down, depended on people and inventions.


Intellectual:

At that time, most people were focusing on civil war, slavery, and the trade. The rich and the traders were pretty much only use their brains on their trades; on how they can increase the trade, and how they can make more money and profit. In fact, the trade was one of the main sources that support the United States. Because of the trade, people started to think and invented things that would increase the trade. Since cotton was one of the main item for the trade, there were several inventions were just for that. For example, the cotton gin was invented and it was wide spread through the United States, and then somebody invented the sewing machine. Since the first practical sewing machine was so popular, somebody else invented a double-thread sewing machine, and another inventor improved it, and then another inventor improved it even better. There were four inventors of the sewing machine. Generally, people just use their brains on improvements of the trade, so they could make more money and profit.