Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy 1790-1860

AMERICAN GROWTH AND PROGRESS Population growth 1800 = 5.5 million to 33 million by 1861 13 states to 33 states by 1861 Expansion of cities Flow of Immigration – 1830’s to 1860’s Why? Potato famine and European problems Irish German 48er’s Hated by “Nativists” 3. Transformation of American Industry Industrial Revolution – why? American System Sectionalism Industrial pioneers

Westward Movement Americans marched quickly toward west very hard w/ disease & loneliness Frontier people were individualistic, superstitious & ill-informed Westward movement molded environment tobacco exhausted land “Kentucky blue grass” thrived

Population Growth from 1620 to 1860 5.3 million

Westward expansion Growth of cities and states by 1850 City growth Westward expansion Growth of cities and states by 1850

The March of the Millions High birthrate accounted for population growth Population doubling every 25 years Near 1850s, millions of Irish, German came Beginning in 1830, immigration in the US soared

Causes Event Effects Irish escape famine in their country Produced feelings Of nativism among Many Americans Settled mostly in urban areas of the Northeast U.S. experiences Huge influx Of immigrants. Know-Nothing Party Was started to prevent Immigrants from Holding office Millions of Germans arrived and settled in the Midwest

Irish Immigration Irish Potato Famine 1845-1849 Main ports of entry – New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston Irish were too poor to move inland and farm so they stayed in the cities Boston did not particularly like the Irish – catholic, illiterate, poor “No Irish need apply!” Ancient Order of Hibernians Benevolent society to help Irish Spawned “Molly Maguires” (miners union) Gradually improved and became active politically NY’s Tammany Hall, Irish political machine Hated because they were willing to work for less

German Immigration Most Germans came due to crop failures Germans better off than Irish, came west, many to Wisconsin A few were political refugees from collapse of democratic revolutions in 1848 German contributions include Kentucky rifle, Christmas tree, kindergarten, and abolitionists Some Americans were suspicious because they tried to preserve language, culture and lived in separate communities, and drank beer

Sources of Immigration, 1820-40

Sources of Immigration, 1840-60

Settlements of Immigrants IMMIGRATION Settlements of Immigrants Irish in Northeastern cities: New York and Boston Germans would settle in Midwest

Early Nativism American “nativists” feared 1840s & 1850s invasion of immigrants Took jobs, grew Roman Catholicism Catholics built their own schools, were #1 denomination by 1850 1849: Nativists form Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, developed into “Know-Nothing” party Wanted immigration restrictions Nativists occasionally violent, burned Boston convent (1834) Philadelphia Irish fought back, 13 killed in several days of fighting (1844)

The “Know-Nothings” [The American Party] Nativists. Anti-Catholics. Anti-immigrants. 1849  Secret Order of the Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.

“The Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner” Know-Nothing Party: “The Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner”

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION A shift from goods made by hand to factory and mass production Technological innovations brought production from farmhouse to factories Invented in Britain in 1750; smuggled to U.S. Beginning of US Factory System US slow to embrace factory system Scarce labor Little capital Superiority of British factories

Resourcefulness & Experimentation Americans were willing to try anything. They were first copiers, then innovators. 1800  41 patents were approved. 1860  4,357 “ “ “

The invention which changed the South, cotton and slavery. ELI WHITNEY The invention which changed the South, cotton and slavery. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry. He is also noted for the concept of mass production and interchangeable parts by creating dyes for pistols and rifles. Very important early pioneer in America’s industrial revolution.

Whitney Ends the Fiber Famine Cotton gin invented in 1793 50 times more effective than hand picking Raising cotton more profitable South needs slavery more than ever for “King Cotton” New England factories flourish with Southern cotton

Effects Cotton Gin Increased exports for the South Planters became rich Cotton Gin Increased demand for slaves

Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle

The Northern Industrial "Juggernaut"

1830s, Industrialization grew throughout the North… US FACTORY SYSTEM 1830s, Industrialization grew throughout the North… Southern cotton shipped to Northern textile mills was a good working relationship.

Samuel Slater was the "Father of the American Factory System." US FACTORY SYSTEM Built first textile mill in 1793 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Born in England on June 9, 1768 and worked in British factories. Slater came to US to make his fortune in the textile industry. Slatersville Mill was the largest and most modern industrial cotton mill of its day Samuel Slater was the "Father of the American Factory System."

Workers & Wage Slaves With industrial revolution, large impersonal factories surrounded by slums full of “wage slaves” developed Long hours, low wages, unsanitary conditions, lack of heat, etc. Labor unions illegal 1820: 1/2 of industrial workers were children under 10

Workers & Wage Slaves 1820s & 1830s: right to vote for laborers Loyalty to Democratic party led to improved conditions Fought for 10-hour day, higher wages, better conditions 1830s & 1840s: Dozens of strikes for higher wages or 10-hour day 1837 depression hurt union membership Commonwealth v. Hunt Supreme Court ruled unions not illegal conspiracies as long as they were peaceful

US FACTORY SYSTEM The Lowell Mills Americans beat the British at their own game, made better factories Francis C Lowell (a British “traitor”) came over here to build British factories met up with Boston mechanic, Paul Moody Together they improved the mill and invented a power loom that revolutionized textile manufacturing

Lowell Mill

Starting for Lowell

What was their typical “profile?” Lowell Girls What was their typical “profile?”

Lowell Boarding Houses What was boardinghouse life like?

Lowell Mills Time Table

Early “Union” Newsletter

Irish Immigrant Girls at Lowell

US FACTORY SYSTEM Women & the Economy 1850: 10% of white women working for pay outside home Vast majority of working women were single Left paying jobs upon marriage “Cult of domesticity” Cultural idea that glorifies homemaker Empowers married women Increased power & independence of women in home led to decline in family size

New Inventions: "Yankee Ingenuity"

Industrialists and Inventors Development or Invention Robert Fulton steamboat Samuel Slater Textile machine Mass production of textiles Francis C. Lowell Eli Whitney Interchangeable parts Samuel F.B. Morse Telegraph; Morse code

John Deere & the Steel Plow

Cyrus McCormick & the Mechanical Reaper

“WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT” Samuel F. B. Morse 1840 – Telegraph “WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT”

Cyrus Field & the Transatlantic Cable, 1858

Elias Howe & Isaac Singer 1840s Sewing Machine Perfected by Singer Gave boost to northern industry Became foundation for ready-made clothing industry Led many women into factories

Eli Whitney also invents principle of interchangeable parts, used in muskets for army. 1850: principle widely adopted, led to mass production, & gave North large industrial plants, military superiority over South. From left to right: Eli Whitney (cotton gin, interchangeable parts), Robert Fulton (steam boat), Thomas Edison (light bulb), Cyrus McCormick (reaper), Richard Hoe (automatic printing press)

The Transportation Revolution

Transportation Industrialization Railroads: enabled trains to travel fast and go wherever track was laid Manufacturing went from hand tools to large complex machines Interchangeable parts transformed One-by-one process into a factory Process. Telegraph quickly sent Messages over long-distances Steamboats: made river travel more reliable Erie canal: connected the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo N.Y Skilled artisans gave way to Workers organized by tasks National Road: major east-west Highway that reached from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) Factories replaced home- based Work manufactures sold wares nationwide

Highways AMERICAN SYSTEM Bad roads made transportation highly unreliable The National Road begun in 1811 and completed by 1832 Connected Maryland to Illinois. Built by US government

Cumberland (National Road), 1811

Conestoga Covered Wagons Conestoga Trail, 1820s

AMERICAN SYSTEM Population shift because of westward expansion the West demanded transportation. The Land Act of 1820, gave the West its wish by authorizing a buyer to purchase 80 acres of land at a minimum of $1.25 an acre in cash Erie Canal started in 1817 and completed in 1825 NY Governor DeWitt Clinton built the Erie Canal Connected New York City from Hudson River with the Great Lakes and the West Clinton’s Big Ditch--------Other canals follow Navigable rivers and the steamboat the first steamboat on western waters was in 1811.

ROBERT FULTON 1807, Fulton's Clermont, was the first commercially successful and reliable steamboat. Steam boat would revolutionize water travel. The steamboat was often the only mechanical means of river travel and freight transportation from 1808 through 1930.

Erie Canal System

Principal Canals in 1840

Inland Freight Rates

Help unite the country as well as improve the economy and the infant industry. Because of the British blockade during the War of 1812, it was essential for internal transportation improvements.

The Railroad Revolution,1850s 1850 to 1860, RR proved most significant development toward national economy Americans demanded transcontinental railroad to California. Completed by 1869. Faster, cheaper, more reliable than canals, defied terrain & weather. 1st RR in 1828; by 1860, 33,000 miles of track, most in North. Obstacles eventually overcome: Pullman “sleeping palace” produced in 1859

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.]

Pioneer Railroad Promoters 1800 to 1850: Roads, canals, navigable rivers with steamboats were the main modes of transportation. 1850 to 1860, RR proved most significant development toward national economy Competition between Railroads and Canals Obstacles opposition from canal backers danger of fire poor brakes difference in track gauge meant changing trains

Map rr

Clipper Ships

Effects of the Transportation Revolution 1860-61, Pony Express connected East-West Telegraph instantly sent messages across US Attraction of many large capital investments and encouraged risk taking in the US economy People moved faster and country expanded Unifying spirit among fellow country men A need for a transcontinental railroad that connected east to west

Telegraph revolutionized communication Would replace the Pony Express by 1861

TRAILS WESTWARD Trails

The results of early 19c industrialization in America? ECONOMIC? POLITICAL? The results of early 19c industrialization in America? SOCIAL? FUTURE PROBLEMS?