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Agriculture and the National Economy
• Cotton• Farming the West
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Population Density, 1820
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Population Density, 1860
Transportation and the Market Revolution
• New Roads• Water Transportation
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Transportation West, About 1840
Transportation and the Market Revolution
• Railroad– First line built in 1825– By 1850, railroads most used way of getting goods
to market
• Ocean Transportation– Development of the clipper ships– Getting more products to market
• The Role of Government
A Communications Revolution
• American Technology– Mail– Newspapers– Telegraph
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The Growth of Railroads, 1850
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The Growth of Railroads, 1860
The Industrial Revolution
• Early Textile Manufactures• The Lowell System– Entire weaving process under one roof
The Industrial Revolution
• Industrialization and the Environment– Creation of dams and canals harmed farmers and
commercial fishermen
• Industrialization and Cities– Factories required larger number of workers– Factories usually followed by development of a
city around that factory
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The Growth of Industry in the 1840s
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THE GROWTH OF CITIES, 1820
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THE GROWTH OF CITIES, 1860
The Popular Culture
• Urban Recreation• The Performing Arts
Immigration
• The Irish• The Germans• The British, Scandinavians, and Chinese
Immigration
• Nativism– Fear of all things not American– Politicians talked about limiting immigrants from
some countries– Eliminating from other countries
Organized Labor
• Early Unions• Labor Politics– Importance of the Democrats
Organized Labor
• The Revival of Unions
The Rise of Professions• Teaching– Fastest growing profession at the time– For men, it became the stepping stone to law and
other career opportunities
• Law, Medicine, and Engineering– Little formal training required– Significant growth in engineering as a career
• Women’s Work– Generally very little change
Jacksonian Inequality
• Very little change made in loves of common men
• Very few who started out poor became “self-made” men
• Those who sided with Jackson received the rewards of that choice
• Most, however, saw little change in their personal realities