1. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CREATING A NATION AND A SOCIETY Seventh Edition Chapter Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest 8

2. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest Economic Growth Early Manufacturing A New England Textile Town Factories on the Frontier Urban Life Rural Communities Conclusion: The Character of Progress

3. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Economic Growth

4. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana The Trans-Atlantic Economy Industrial Revolution  Began in Britain  Initially focused on textiles Britain becomes most powerful country The model for industrialization

5. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Factors in Economic Development Canal-building in the 1820s and 1830s  Erie Canal links New York City to interior Railroads  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1928  30,000 miles of track by 1850 Transportation developments spur migration

6. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Finding Capital Governments funded early projects  Usually state and local  Some federal Property becomes an exploitable financial asset Contract law defined  Dartmouth College v. Woodward  Sturges v. Crowninshield

7. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana A New Mentality Entrepreneurial spirit  Constant experimentation, change  Inventions: harvester, revolver, rubber Education  Massachusetts uses taxes to pay for schools  Horace Mann  Education in the service of business Concurrently, concern with progress

8. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Industrialization Putting-out system Textiles  Often using child labor  Learned from English examples Industrialization facilitated by transportation

9. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Industrialization (cont'd) Lowell Mills in Waltham, Massachusetts  All stages in one operation  Becomes a prototype Northeast changes, economically

10. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Environmental Consequences Dams, canals change waterways Wood required in abundance  Clearings as settlements move west Coal becomes the major power source  Air pollution follows Some awareness of environmental problems

11. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Early Manufacturing

12. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Changing Lifestyles Spread of literacy: mass market  Magazines  McGuffey readers Greater availability of goods  Clocks, bringing a new work rhythm

13. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana A New Hampshire Printing Factory

14. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana A New England Textile Town

15. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Lowell, Massachusetts Build in the 1920s Focused on hiring unmarried women  New independence  Usually worked prior to marriage  Lived in boardinghouses Women organized labor, formed unions

16. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Lowell, Massachusetts (cont'd) Immigration brings a new labor pool  Hard times in Europe, especially Ireland  Many Catholics

17. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Factories on the Frontier

18. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Cincinnati Becomes a major industrial center by 1840 Men have a variety of work experiences  But loss of independence Women  Many white women employed as “outworkers” Black women often work in service Unions formed  Hampered by ready pool of immigrant labor

19. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Cincinnati and the Ohio River

20. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Urban Life

21. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Urban Life By 1860 1 in 5 Americans live in cities Cities represent new markets

22. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Urban Growth in 1820 and 1850

23. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana The Process of Urbanization Commercial Centers  Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York  Canals change commercial map Mill towns  Lowell, Trenton, Wilmington Transportation hubs  Louisville, Cleveland, St. Louis  Especially west of the Appalachians

24. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Class Structure Concentration of wealth  4% of the population holds 60% of wealth  Upward mobility dampens any animosity Middle class  Desire for white collar work Constant supply of new manual laborers

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26. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Working Class Slums  Mobility weakened sense of community High rates of family violence  Men not always the main or sole support  Women more independent

27. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Middle-Class Life and Ideals Women’s domestic role changes  Their work no longer crucial  Housekeepers, not producers Men often work in a separate world Idea of separate spheres  Women ascribed a moral role

28. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Middle-Class Life and Ideals (cont'd) New ideas of childhood  New ideas of discipline  Children’s fiction

29. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana The Sargent Family, 1800

30. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Henry Darby, “Reverend John Atwood and His Family,” 1845

31. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Mounting Urban Tensions Mob violence  Often spurred by racial and ethnic animosity  Often blacks and Irish compete for jobs Skilled workers resent mechanization Police forces slowly developing

32. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana The Black Underclass Slavery disappearing in North  But equality not assured  Legally disenfranchised Separate, parallel communities Immigration pushes blacks from many jobs Old Northwest  Racism moves west with settlement

33. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Rural Communities

34. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Farming in the East Many older New England farms abandoned Railroads transformed farming, diets Agriculture increasingly seen as a science  Productivity increased after a long decline

35. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Preparing for Market

36. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Frontier Families Economic boom Transportation links interior to coast Grain producers: Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa No longer the frontier by 1860 Some capital needed to start a farm

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38. Copyright ©2011, ©2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition Nash Jeffrey Howe Winkler Davis Mires Frederick Gardina Pestana Conclusion: The Character of Progress Urbanization Cycles of expansion and recession Divergent paths in the North and South  King Cotton and slave labor  Industrialization and wage labor

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