1. Market Revolution (Also called 1st Industrial Revolution)
, changing America’s economy from subsistence level to a surplus, national commercial economy. Work and home became separated into distinct spheres.

2. Some historians have argued that the economy that emerged after the War of 1812 constituted an industrial revolution.
Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.

3. What was government’s role?
Role of Govt.
Jefferson’s Vision of America
Hamilton’s Vision of America
Patents protect inventions
Private Property Rights
Marshall Court decisions
American System
Bank
Internal Improvements-State projects
Tariffs: Protect manufactures
Let Capitalism work: Laissez-Faire Economics

4. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791
I. Inventions: Yankee Ingenuity
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791
50x faster than hand, saved slavery, responsible for its growth

6. Interchangeable Parts Rifle
Whitney’s Gun Factory
Interchangeable Parts Rifle

7. Cyrus McCormick- mechanical reaper

8. John Deere: steel plow broke the thickly matted soil of the West
Telegraph -- Samuel F. B. Morse
Sewing Machine- perfected by Isaac Singer

9. II. Transportation Revolution
Between 1825 and 1855, cost of transportation fell 95%, bringing new regions into the market
Canals, steamboats, better roads, covered wagons, Clipper ships,

10. First Turnpike Lancaster, PA (1790)
By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

11. Cumberland “National Road,” 1811

12. Conestoga Covered Wagons
Conestoga Trail, 1820s

13. Yankee Clipper Ships

14. Robert Fulton & the Steamboat
Revolutionized transportation in the West, especially on the Miss. River from (Not used on canals!!)
The Clermont

15. The Canal Age
Erie Canal, “Clinton’s Ditch” completed in 1825, became model for other states to follow
States fund projects
Canal era dramatically lowered costs of transportation
By 1850’s, RR replace canals
Caused NYC to be the Port of the nation, replacing New Orleans

16. 15 Miles on the Erie Canal…

17. The Erie Canal- Bruce Springsteen
Low bridge, ev'rybody down Low bridge, we're comin' to a town You'll always know your neighbor and you'll always know your pal If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal Where would I be if I lost my pal? Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal I'd like to see a mule as good as my Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal A friend of mine once got her sore Now he's got a broken jaw 'Cause she let fly with an iron toe and kicked him back to Buffalo Low bridge, ev'rybody down! Low bridge, we're comin' to a town You'll always know your neighbor You'll always know your pal, If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal. Low bridge, ev'rybody down! Low bridge, we're comin' to a town You'll always know your neighbor You'll always know your pal, If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal. Low bridge, ev'rybody down! Low bridge, we're comin' to a town
I've got a mule, and her name is Sal, Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal She's a good old worker and a good old pal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal We haul'd some barges in our day Filled with lumber, coal, and hay We know every inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo. Low bridge, ev'rybody down Low bridge, we're comin' to a town You'll always know your neighbor and you'll always know your pal If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal. We'd better look around for a job, old gal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal You can bet your life I'll never part with Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal Get up mule, here comes a lock We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock One more trip and back we'll go Right back home to Buffalo

19. III. John Marshall and the Promotion of Enterprise:
Body of rulings in all, strengthen the power of the federal government and establish a pro-business atmosphere
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) (Blow to states' rights)    1. Issue: Maryland tried to destroy its branch of the BUS by taxing its notes.    2. Marshall declared BUS constitutional invoking Hamilton's doctrine of implied powers (elastic clause of the constitution – "necessary & proper").
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824 ("steamboat case") (Blow to states' rights)     1. Significance: Only Congress had the right to regulate interstate commerce.     2. Issue: NY tried to grant a monopoly of river commerce between NY & NJ to a private company (owned by Ogden). Gibbons had congressional approval to conduct business on the same river.      3. Court ruled interstate rivers were to regulated by Congress, not individual states.

20. Fletcher v. Peck (1810) (protection of property rights against popular pressures)     1. Issue: new Georgia legislature canceled a contract which granted 35 million acres in the Yazoo River country (Miss.) to land speculators as a form of graft.         -- Previous legislature had made the grant in what was called "Yazoo Land Controversy” during Jefferson’s presidency.     2. Significance: Court ruled Constitution forbids state from "impairing contracts".
Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) (protection of property rights from the states)     1. Issue: New Hampshire had changed a charter granted to the college by the British king in Republicans sought to remove "private" aspect of school & make it a state institution.             -- Dartmouth appealed; defended by Daniel Webster, an alumnus.     2. Ruling: Charter was a contract; states could not invalidate it.

21. IV. The Rise of Factories
Samuel Slater- smuggles industrial technology to America, 1791 Pawtucket, R.I.
Lowell – 1st workers women, later replaced by immigrants
Industrial Work

23. Textile Industry sparked Industrial Revolution in the U. S
Textile Industry sparked Industrial Revolution in the U.S. (during War of 1812)
1814, Francis Cabot Lowell built first dual-purpose textile plant at Waltham, Mass.            
Lowell Girls: Local farmers' daughters hired to work in the factories
More independence for young women
Lowell promised strict moral supervision and mandatory church attendance.       
Irish and German immigrants replaced Lowell Girls; worked for very low wages

24. V. Regional Specialization
East
More industrial; made machines and textiles for other two regions
By 1861, owned 81% of U.S. industrial capacity.
Most populous region; 70% of manufacturing workers
South:
Cotton for export to New England and Britain; slavery
Resisted change to its economy and culture
Some industrial growth but output never exceeded 2% value of cotton crop           
West:
Became nation’s breadbasket: Grain and livestock
Fastest growing population
Political implications
Two northern sections (East and West) closely interconnected economically

26. VI. Social Structures of the Market Society
Materialism- people valued for their possessions
The Emerging Middle Class
The Distribution of Wealth- increased social stratification: Rich vs. Poor
Women’s new roles
Economic Specialization
Decline of women’s traditional work
New ready-made men’s clothing reduced amount of sewing women did

27. The Federal Land Rush
Geographic Mobility
Population Explosion, doubling every 25 years
New Immigrants: German and Irish
New Urbanization, West, St. Louis and Cincinnati

29. Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping American politics in the 1790’s.

30. To what extent was the election of 1800 aptly named the “Revolution of 1800”? Respond with references to TWO of the following areas:
Economics
Foreign Policy
Judiciary
Politics

31. Economics
Overall economy: Yes, barter to market economy shift
Fed gov econ policy, not so much
TJ cut spending of army and navy, debt in ½, removed excise tax, Embargo 1807 killed foreign trade, kept bank, but his Party promoted later became Federalist like, American System (Bank, Internal improvements, & high protectionist Tariff)
Foreign Policy
Big switch from loyalty from Federalist of GB (Jay’s Treaty, XYZ, Quasi-War) to Republican France loyalty (LP, War 1812), but lots of Neutrality mixed in
Judiciary
Big change, but in Federalist direction, midnight judges Marbury v. Madison, Judicial review, Jefferson wanted state’s to have this power in his Virg. & Kent. Resolutions McCulloch v. Maryland, expand federal implied powers,
Politics
Big Change, Federalist never Prez again, die of b/c Hartford Convention, Era of Good Feelings, 1 party rule

32. Although the power of the national government increased during the early republic, this development often faced serious opposition. Compare the motives and effectiveness of those opposed to the growing power of the national government in TWO of the following:
Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions ( )
Hartford Convention ( )

33. Analyze the contributions of TWO of the following in helping establish a stable government after the adoption of the Constitution
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson

34. George Washington
Domestic
Hamilton’s Financial Program, cabinet and 2 term tradition, Whiskey Rebellion put down, character
Foreign
Neutrality Proclamation, Pinkney’s Treaty, Jay’s Treaty, Farewell Adress
John Adams
VP for GW, Alien & Sedition Acts
XYZ Affair, Quasi War w/ France, Convention of 1800
Thomas Jefferson
Created political parties, opposed Bank, VP for Adams, authored state’s right nullification idea in the Virg. & Kent. Resolutions, Revolution of 1800 election, Tecumseh & Indian assimilation, removed excise tax on whiskey, let Alien & Sedition Acts expire, paid down debt, cut Navy & Army
Lou. Purchase., Embargo 1807, Non-Intercourse Act, Barbary Pirates

35. “Developments in transportation, rather than manufacturing and agriculture, sparked American economic growth in the first half of the nineteenth century.”
Assess the validity of this statement

36. Analyze how THREE of the following helped bring about a shift from an agricultural to an industrial economy in the United States in the first half of the 1800’s.
commercial farming
factory system
US government
transportation
labor

37. commercial farming
Cotton Gin, Steel Plows, Mechanical reapers, Cotton, West grain, bread basket, surpluses sold at the market
factory system –
NE textiles, water power, Slater smuggles info in, Lowell Girls,
US government
American System, Embargo, protectionist tariffs, laissez-faire economics, patents, contracts, LLC
transportation
Canals (Erie), steamboats west, clipper ships int. trade, turnpikes, national road, covered wagons, RR
Labor
Women- Lowell Girls, replaced by immigrants, people moving from the farms, slaves

38. In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860?

39. “The United States experienced an Era of Good Feelings from 1815 to 1825.”
-Assess the validity of this statement.
Make sure you consider the issues of nationalism and sectionalism