The Transformation of American Society 1815-1840

Causes of Westward Expansion Describe American western migration in the first half of the 19th century.

Western Expansion Western Society and Culture Describe Western society and culture. Comment specifically on gender and labor.

The Far West Who were the Mountain Men? Why are they significant?

Western Expansion Federal Government and the West In what ways did the federal government impact the settlement of the West?

Western Expansion Removal of the Indians Evaluate the impact of western expansion on Indians. Comment specifically on the role of the federal government. What was the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825?

Western Expansion Removal of Indians How did President Andrew Jackson affect Native American and US relations?

Western Expansion Removal of Indians Explain the role of the Supreme Court in Indian Removal Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) Worcester v. Georgia

Growth of Market Economy In what ways did farming for markets change after 1815?

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

Growth of Market Economy Speculator and the Squatter In what ways were speculators restrained by squatters?

Growth of Market Economy Moving Frontier Explain the term ‘moving frontier’

Growth of Market Economy The Panic of 1819 What caused the Panic of 1819? What is its significance?

Transportation Revolution: Steamboats How did the steamboat affect transportation?

Growth of Market Economy Supreme Court and the Transportation Revolution In what ways did the Supreme Court impact the transportation revolution? Gibbons v. Ogden

Growth of Market Economy Transportation Revolution: Canal What role did canals play in the rise of transportation?

Growth of Market Economy Transportation Revolution: Railroads How did the economic depression of 1830s impact canal projects?

Growth of Market Economy Growth of Cities In what ways did the transportation revolution impact growth of cities?

Industrial Beginnings In what ways did industrialization change cities and the concept of work?

Industrial Beginnings Causes of Industrialization What were the causes of industrialization? Political Environmental Technological Tensions in rural economy

Industrial Beginnings Textile Centers What led to New England becoming America’s first industrial region?

Industrial Beginnings How did Lowell System differ from Slater’s Mills?

Industrial Beginnings In what ways did the mill experience differ from the work experience of the 18th century?

Industrial Beginnings Lowell Mill In what ways were the Lowell Mills an atypical form of industrialization in the 1840s?

Industrial Beginnings Mill Girls In what ways did Lowell employees advocate for change?

Industrial Beginnings Artisans and Workers in Mid-Atlantic Cities How did skilled male artisans of Philadelphia and New York respond to to competition of cheap, unskilled labor?

Equality and Inequality Growing Inequality To what extent was antebellum America a place of growing inequality?

Equality and Inequality Rich v. Poor How did the lifestyles of the rich and poor compare?

Equality and Inequality Pauperism What was Five Points? What does this tell us about poverty in America?

Equality and Inequality Free Blacks in North In what ways were blacks discriminated against in antebellum North?

Black Response Who was Richard Allen? Why is he significant?

The “Middling Classes” Who were the “middling classes”? Describe their lifestyle.

Attack on Professions In what specific ways were learned professions attacked?

Challenge to Family Authority How did young men and women challenge traditional family authority?

Separate Spheres In what ways were relationships between wives and husbands changing?

Separate Spheres Describe how the birth rate changed throughout the 19th century.