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AP US History THEMATIC QUESTION: First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities. Cumberland (National Road), 1811 Conestoga Covered Wagons Conestoga Trail, 1820s Erie Canal System Erie

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AP US History

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THEMATIC QUESTION:

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First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA

By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

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Cumberland (National Road), 1811

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Conestoga Covered Wagons

Conestoga Trail, 1820s

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Erie Canal System

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Erie Canal, 1820s

Begun in 1817; completed in 1825

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Robert Fulton & the Steamboat

1807: The Clermont

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Principal Canals in 1840

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Inland Freight Rates

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Clipper Ships

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The “Iron Horse” Wins! (1830)

1830  13 miles of track built by Baltimore & Ohio RR By 1850  9000 mi. of RR track [1860  31,000 mi.]

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The Railroad Revolution, 1850s

 Immigrant labor

built the No. RRs.

 Slave labor

built the So. RRs.

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Resourcefulness & Experimentation

 Americans were willing to try

anything.

 They were first copiers, then

innovators. 1800  41 patents were approved. 1860  4,357 “ “ “

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791

Actually invented by a slave!

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Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory

Interchangeable Parts Rifle

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Oliver Evans

First prototype of the locomotive

First automated flour mill

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John Deere & the Steel Plow (1837)

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Cyrus McCormick & the Mechanical Reaper: 1831

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Samuel F. B. Morse

1840 – Telegraph

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Cyrus Field & the Transatlantic Cable, 1858

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Elias Howe & Isaac Singer

1840s Sewing Machine

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z They all regarded material advance as

the natural fruit of American republicanism & proof of the country’s virtue and promise.

The “American Dream”

A German visitor in the 1840s, Friedrich List, observed:

Anything new is quickly introduced here, including all of the latest inventions. There is no clinging to old ways. The moment an American hears the word “invention,” he pricks up his ears.

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Boom/Bust Cycles: 1790-1860

The blue line shows, for comparison, the price

  • f a year’s tuition at Harvard College. In 1790

it was $24, but by 1860 had risen to $104.

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Creating a Business-Friendly Climate

Supreme Court Rulings: * Fletcher v. Peck (1810) * Dartmouth v. Woodward (1819) * McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) * Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) * Charles Rivers Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1835)

General Incorporation Law  passed in New York, 1848. Laissez faire  BUT, govt. did much to assist capitalism!

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Distribution of Wealth

v During the American Revolution,

45% of all wealth in the top 10% of the population.

v 1845 Boston  top 4% owned over

65% of the wealth.

v 1860 Philadelphia  top 1% owned

  • ver 50% of the wealth.

v The gap between rich and poor was

widening!

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Shady Samuel Slater (“Father of the Factory System”)

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The Lowell/Waltham System: First Dual-Purpose Textile Plant

Francis Cabot Lowell’s town - 1814

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Lowell in 1850

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Lowell Mill

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Early Textile Loom

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New England Textile Centers: 1830s

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New England Dominance in Textiles

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Starting for Lowell

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Lowell Girls

What was their typical “profile?”

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Lowell Boarding Houses

What was boardinghouse life like?

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Lowell Mills Time Table

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Early “Union” Newsletter

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The Factory Girl’s Garland

February 20, 1845 issue.

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I’m a Factory Girl Filled with Wishes

I'm a factory girl Everyday filled with fear From breathing in the poison air Wishing for windows! I'm a factory girl Tired from the 13 hours of wok each day And we have such low pay Wishing for shorten work times! I'm a factory girl Never having enough time to eat Nor to rest my feet Wishing for more free time! I'm a factory girl Sick of all this harsh conditions Making me want to sign the petition! So do what I ask for because I am a factory girl And I'm hereby speaking for all the rest!

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Irish Immigrant Girls at Lowell

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The Early Union Movement

Workingman’s Party (1829) * Founded by Robert Dale Owen and

  • thers in New York City.

Early unions were usually local, social, and weak. Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842). Worker political parties were ineffective until the post-Civil War period.

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Regional Specialization

EAST  Industrial SOUTH  Cotton & Slavery WEST  The Nation’s “Breadbasket”

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American Population Centers in 1820

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American Population Centers in 1860

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National Origin of Immigrants: 1820 - 1860

Why now?

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Know- Nothing Party:

“The Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner”

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Changing Occupation Distributions: 1820 - 1860

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ECONOMIC? SOCIAL? POLITICAL? FUTURE PROBLEMS?