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1 Being American Forging the National Economy
Chapter 14

2 Frontier Life Movement was started as early as the Proclamation of 1763 for land. Frontier Problems Loneliness, Poor, Not enough supplies, Threat of Indian Raids Why Move west? Get away from constant threats of being poor. Chance to make money Getting too populated in the East.

3 Immigration Irish-Catholic
Moved because of constant oppression from the English Potato Blight of 1845 pushed many immigrants to the US with the promise of gold. No room in Europe Estimates show that 3,818,766 Irish came to the US from Most Irish immigrants came with only the clothes on their back and did not have any money. Stayed on the Eastern Sea board- New York, Boston, and Chicago became major stops.

4 Immigration (cont.) Germans- Protestant Moved because of bad crops. No Democracy. Did have material goods. Were able to buy land and move inland German migration- 5,000,519 immigrants between Were able to move inland to places like Chicago, Wisconsin and Michigan.

5 Anti-Foreignism Nativists- Irish
Were not accepted. Seen as “Popish Brothels” Irish were the victims of mass violence Huge discrimination Fought for jobs with Free-African Americans Problems with Anti-Foreignism

6 Impacts: So What:

7 Inventors Samuel Slater- Pawtucket, Rhode Island Impacts: So What:

8 Inventors Eli Whitney- Inventions: Impacts: So What:

9 More Inventors Elias Howe/ Isaac Singer Samuel Morse- Impacts:
So What:

10 Industrial Revolution
Benefitters: Problems: Reasons for labor:

11 Lowell, MA New England Farm girls would move onto the Factory grounds
Matrons would watch them closely to make sure they were “moral” Women had to be single Impacts: So What:

12 Lowell, MA

13 Revolution on Farms John Deere- Cyrus McCormick Impacts: So What:

14 Travel- Roads Lancaster Turnpike Cumberland Road Who funded the Roads:
Impacts: So What:

15 Water Routes Robert Fulton- Clermont- Canals
Clinton and the Erie Canal- I and M Canal Impacts: So What:

16 Clermont

17 Erie Canal

18 Erie Canal I’ve got a mule, Her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. She’s a good old worker And a good old pal, We’ve hauled some barges in our day Filled with lumber, coal, and hay And ev’ry inch of the way I know From Albany to Buffalo.

19 Railroads Railroad Impacts: So What:

20 Routes West Oregon Trail California Trail Mormon Trail Santa Fe Trail

21 Fill in the Trails

22 Market Revolution Market Revolution: Transformation of subsistence economy of scattered farms and tiny workshops into a national network of industry and commerce. Impacts: So What:

23 Cities Big Cities popping up: Positives: Negatives: Impacts: So What:

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