Effects of War of 1812

http://www.history.com/videos/americans-and-british-face-off-in-war-of-1812#americans-and-british-face-off-in-war-of-1812

W I N E R

Westward Expansion Native Americans weakened -Tecumseh’s death ended unity movement -No more help from British

Industry increased blockade forced us to make our own stuff

no territory changed hands No winner (tie) no territory changed hands Before After

Nationalism Pride for USA grew – no one can beat us!! We’re #1 !!

Earned “Americanisms” patriotic things -“Star Spangled Banner” -White House (painted to cover burn marks) -War Hero – Andrew Jackson

Respect for America from other nations For such a young country, they sure are strong! Wow, those Americans sure can fight!!

The Industrial Revolution

http://www.history.com/videos/the-industrial-revolition#the-industrial-revolition

The Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked. -From farming to Factories -From hand tools to machine -More goods, more quickly!

It began in England. They didn’t want other countries to know how to build the machines so they made it illegal to leave England if you had worked in a factory!!

No, I’m not Samuel Slater!! It made its way to America when Samuel Slater memorized how to build them machines and then sailed to America in disguise! No, I’m not Samuel Slater!! The name is John Doe!

New England was a good place to set up factories because of….

-Rivers for water power -Willing workers (subsistence farmers) -Seaports for exporting -Wealthy investors

The first factories were spinning mills that turned cotton fibers into yarn and employed children between the ages of 7 and 12.

Later Francis Cabot Lowell opened a factory that could spin yarn and weave it into cloth. He began to hire young farm girls who lived in company owned boarding houses. They became known as the “Lowell Girls”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YDNfW20zr4&feature=related

Schedule for “Lowell Girls”

Photo of early spinning and weaving machines taken at Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC

Parts exactly alike! Faster production Easier repairs Eli Whitney also impacted the Industrial Revolution with the innovation of interchangeable parts. Parts exactly alike! Faster production Easier repairs Led to assembly line

http://youtu.be/BWqeo1up2iM

Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC Photo of early Whitney rifle and its interchangeable parts taken at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC

Many other inventors and their inventions impacted American life during this time:

Robert Fulton -Improved steamboat -Faster water transportation

Samuel F.B. Morse -telegraph – Morse Code -faster communication

John Deere -steel plow -for harder soil of Midwest

Cyrus McCormick -mechanical reaper -faster/easier harvesting

Eli Whitney also invented the cotton gin which had four major impacts American society…. Photo of early Whitney Cotton Gin taken at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC

http://youtu.be/pkI3pSMpKxI

People moved west to begin Cotton plantations

Cotton became the #1 crop – most valuable crop

Native Americans are driven off land to make room for plantations.

Slavery became even more important to the Southern economy

http://youtu.be/4Fb3UwbuWWk

Slave Quarters at Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Plantation

Spirituals became an important part of slave and African American culture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCg_XS2Yrs4

Nat Turner was a Virginia slave who led a rebellion against slave owners…. -Turner and his followers attack and kill whites -They were eventually caught/hanged -Spread fear in the South -Harsh laws passed for African Americans

http://www.history.com/videos/nat-turners-rebellion#nat-turners-rebellion

-Although slaves made up about 1/3 of the South’s population by 1840, most Southerners did not own slaves!!! -