Transportation, westward movement, Changing Population- 1820-1850’s
Transportation, westward movement- 1820-1850’s Steam boats
Transportation, westward movement- 1820-1850’s Canals
Transportation, westward movement- 1820-1850’s Canals, connecting rivers with lakes and ocean Boom in trading, shipping businesses reducing time and cost.
Inland Freight Rates
Transportation, westward movement- 1820-1850’s Trains being built in the U. S. 1840’s and 1850’s will substitute for the canals as a means for travel and shipping.
Transportation, westward movement- 1820-1850’s Train routes
Transportation, westward movement- 1820-1850’s Train routes by 1860
Westward movement The steel plow, invented by John Deere in the 1830s, made it easier to cultivate the rich prairie soil. Crucial to a pioneer family's survival, the plow also came to symbolize national prosperity and the "civilizing" of the West.
Cyrus McCormick & the Mechanical Reaper: 1831
Population changes American Population Centers in 1820
National Origin of Immigrants: 1820 - 1860
Population Changes Nativism- Hostility towards immigrants and calling for a restriction on immigration. -Racism Unfit, inferior Worked for lower wages Religious prejudices, anti-Catholic ( especially Irish) Sold their votes for jobs Know-Nothing political party- anti-immigrant
Changing Occupation Distributions: 1820 - 1860