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1 Forging the National Economy (1790-1860)
Chapter 14

2 A. The Westward Movement
Westward moving population Alleghenies Ohio Valley Incredibly hard life Isolated Ill-informed Dangerous Superstitious

3 Mythical, lone-wolf figures
Natty Bumpo Captain Ahab

4 B. Shaping the Western Landscape
Clear-cut agriculture erosion, Over-cultivation Beaver trappers in Rocky Mountains

5 Buffalo hides Ecological imperialism

6 Natural resources George Caitlin

7 C. The March of Millions 1860- US 4th largest nation in the world
Growth of American cities Urbanization Slums High birth rate & immigration Land of freedom & opportunity Faster transportation

8 Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to the crops, scaring the livestock, and frightening women and children. The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such breakneck speed.” -Martin Van Buren

9 D. The Emerald Isle Moves West
Potato famine of 1840s Boston & New York Hated by natives Did low class & dangerous jobs NINA -No Irish need apply

10 Slowly rose in prominence- Tammany Hall
Political machines

11 E. The German 48ers 1830s-1860s Not as poor as Irish Midwest
Crop failures Failed democratic revolutions Not as poor as Irish Midwest Against slavery Drinking on the Sabbath Temperance

12 F. Flare-ups of Antiforeignism
Anti-foreign & anti-Catholic Catholics gained prominence (1850- majority) Immigrants helped economy grow

13 Attacks on Catholic schools, churches, & convents
American nativists “Order of the Star Spangled Banner” Know-Nothings American Party Fictional literature Attacks on Catholic schools, churches, & convents

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15 G. Creeping Mechanization
Slow to move to factory system Cheap land Cheap manufactured items from Britain British laws

16 H. Whitney Ends the Fiber Famine
Eli Whitney & the Cotton Gin- 1793 Spread cotton production west Started American industrial revolution Revived slavery (manumission)

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19 Samuel Slater- to Rhode Island- 1791
Textile mills started in the Northeast (water) 400 million lbs. annually

20 I. Marvels in Manufacturing
Factories spread slowly until 1807 Embargo & non-intercourse Treaty of Ghent- 1815 Protective Tariff of 1816 Eli Whitney- Interchangeable Parts Early method of assembly line Gave north manufacturing advantage Rapid growth in patents

21 “What hath God wrought…”
Samuel Morse’s telegraph- 1844

22 J. Workers & “Wage Slaves”
Owners vs. workers Factory conditions Labor unions forbidden Child labor Early demands of workers Higher wages, better conditions, shorter day, education for children Strikes by 1830s & 40s Strikebreakers

23 Win for the Unions MA supreme court- Commonwealth vs. Hunt unions legal

24 K. Women & the Economy Factory girls of New England (young, unmarried); hr days Lowell Factory System Women in teaching Women in domestic work

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26 Most women didn’t work, those that did were mostly unmarried
Fewer arranged marriages Lower birth rate (domestic feminism) Cult of domesticity

27 L. Western Farmers Reap a Revolution in the Fields
Corn farming in western pioneer families Hogs & liquor Corn to the south

28 New inventions 1837- John Deere- steel plow
1830s- Cyrus McCormick- automatic reaper

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30 M. Highways & Steamboats
PN Turnpike- 1790s Prompted western migration Little federal funding National/Cumberland Road

31 Steamboats- Robert Fulton’s Clermont- 1807
2-way transportation on the MS River ,000 on MS Drew populations to river banks

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33 N. Clinton’s Big Ditch in NY
Erie Canal Linked Great Lakes to Atlantic Not federally funded Cost, speed, population

34 O. The Iron Horse More versatile than canals
Cheaper Easier to build Could go almost anywhere ,000 miles of track Different gauges Poor brakes- Westinghouse Pullman sleeping car- 1859 Iron

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36 P. Cables, Clippers, & Pony Riders
1819- transatlantic steamer 1858- transatlantic cable 1840s & 1850s- clipper ships 1860- pony express 1861- cable to CA

37 Q. The Transport Web Binds the Union
Sections of nation tied together Depended on each other North made manufactured goods- sent south & west South grew cotton- sent north to mills West grew grains & livestock- food for other regions & Europe

38 R. The Market Revolution
Turning into a nation of consumers Growth of corporations (limited liability) Boston Associates No longer self-sufficient households Social mobility or improving standard of living?

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