APUSH Chp. 14 Forging the Nat`l Economy.ppt

APUSH

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People began to move westward in large numbers 

Movement west was very hard  Diseases  Loneliness  Particularly hard for women

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Frontier people were fiercely independent and individualistic 2

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Reasons for westward movement were primarily economic  Acres

of tobacco had ruined land in the east, leaving farmers with no choice but to move on  They would take their poor farming techniques with them 3

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Ecological imperialism  The

west was seen as land to be taken and used  Little thought was given to conservation of land or animals  Trapping was common; beavers  Wholesale destruction of the buffalo 4

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At the same time the west was being exploited, some moved to save it 

Sense of nationalism moved some to push for an appreciation of the American wilderness  George Catlin pushed for a national park

 Was achieved with the establishment of Yellowstone in 1872 5

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By the mid-1800s, the population was doubling every 25 years  By

1860

 There were 33 states

 The U.S. was the 4th most populous

country in the western world

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National Origin of Immigrants: 1820 - 1860 Why now?

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In the 1840’s large numbers of Irish came to America Potato famine cause massive starvation on the Emerald Isles  Were disliked by other groups 

 Had few possessions

 Were Roman-Catholic  Voted as one massive block  Were prejudiced 8

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Between 1830 and 1860, many Germans migrated to the U.S.  Were

more educated than the Irish  Had some material goods  Were anti-slavery  Lived primarily in the Midwest 9

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Massive influx of RomanCatholics caused riots to break out in many large cities  The

Catholics started their own education system to avoid the American Protestant educational system  Order of the Star Spangled Banner  Precursor to the Know-Nothing Party 10

KnowNothing Party: “The Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner”

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How did the Industrial Revolution effect the United States? 12

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The U.S. was slow to embrace the Industrial Revolution and the steam engine Vast amounts of farmland and lack of a large labor pool inhibited the growth of Industry  Lack of capital necessary to build machines was also scarce  Great Britain had a monopoly on the textile industry 

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Samuel Slater   Immigrated from England with plans for textile machinery  Were memorized, as it was illegal to take the plans from England to another country  The ability to build machines, would end England’s monopoly

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Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 Affect???  Reduced the need for slaves to separate the cotton seed from the fiber by hand  Meant more slaves could be put to use in the fields to cultivate the cotton  Developed a “cotton economy” – King Cotton 

 South would import more slaves to produce the

cotton  North would build factories to turn the cotton into textiles and ship the raw materials overseas 16

 Interchangeable

parts

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was the brainchild of Eli Whitney  Was hard to achieve, but possible by 1850  Led to the use of mass-production

in factories.

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Elias Howe  Sewing machine 1846  Why did it boost to Northern manufacturing  Became the foundation of the ready-made clothing industry  Who perfected the sewing machine? 

Isaac Singer

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Samuel F. B. Morse

1840 – Telegraph 22

Cyrus Field & the Transatlantic Cable, 1858

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Prior to 1848, in order to incorporate a business an individual had to apply to the state legislature for individual charters  New

York was the first state to pass laws of “free incorporation” making it easier to start a business 24

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The new system of work, changed the relationship between the owners and the workers  Larger

companies made work more impersonal  Factory work was less satisfying, more mundane 25

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Wages were low and working conditions were poor Children were often employed in factories at extremely low wages Labor unions were illegal until 1840, and even then were not very strong Workday was limited to 10 hours by Van Buren 26

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Most working women were single Married women spent their time at home, tending to family manners Many single women were urged to go into teaching by women like Catharine Beecher  Was seen as a better career than factory work 

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New machines made farming more profitable  John

Deere invented the steel plow,(1837) that allowed the thicker western soil to be broken  Alex McCormick invented the mechanical reaper (1848) 28

Construction Completed? 29

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Cumberland Road is completed in 1852 Clipper ships  Carried fewer goods Moved at a much faster rate than traditional ships  Eventually replaced by?

Steamships - Why? Just as fast and could carry more cargo

Clipper ships built in 1840’s and 1850’s

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Robert Fulton & the Steamboat

1807: The Clermont 31

How was the Canal built? Why? Results along the canal route? 32

Effects of the Erie Canal beyond NY State? 1.

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Profitable farming in old NW Growth of Great Lake cities Disaster for New England farms – How?

Begun in 1817; completed in 1825 33

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Railroads   

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Introduced in late 1820’s Were initially opposed because of safety concerns Would eventually be the most important form of transportation

Pony Express  

Began with great fanfare in 1860 to carry mail from Missouri to California Was deemed to be unprofitable and was ended after 18 months 34

The “Iron Horse” Wins! (1830)

1830  13 miles of track built by Baltimore & Ohio RR By 1850  9000 mi. of RR track [1860  30,000 mi.]35

The Railroad Revolution, 1850s Immigrant labor built the No. RRs. Slave labor built the So. RRs.

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Between April, 1860 and Nov, 1861. Delivered news and mail between St. Louis, MO and San Francisco, CA. Took 10 days. Replaced by the completion of the trans-continental telegraph line. 37

Between 1840 and 1860, more than 250,000 people travelled westward. Main routes?

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The advances in transportation were critical  It

helped the development of a true U.S. economy  It bound the country together and created an interdependence that was not seen in earlier times 39

ECONOMIC?

SOCIAL?

POLITICAL?

FUTURE PROBLEMS?

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How did the economy of the United States change?   

Substance Ag  national industry & commerce Increased mechanization & specialization Will the gov’t protect rights of small business?

New Chief Justice: Roger Taney  New attitudes? 41