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1 Transforming American Society (1800-1840) Chapter 9

2 14VermontMarch 4, 1791 15KentuckyJune 1, 1792 16TennesseeJune 1, 1796 17OhioMarch 1, 1803 18LouisianaApril 30, 1812 19IndianaDecember 11, 1816 20MississippiDecember 10, 1817 21IllinoisDecember 3, 1818 22AlabamaDecember 14, 1819 23MaineMarch 15, 1820 24MissouriAugust 10, 1821

3 Western Expansion By 1821, 11 new states had been admitted Where did the new settlers settle and why? What were the causes of Western settlement?

4 Western Society What was life like for Western pioneers after they settled in the West? What was the “Far West” and how did these “mountain men” survive?

5 Explorations of Jedediah Smith

6 The Oregon Trail

7 Life for a Settler You are a family traveling to the West, do the following: 1)Artist – draw a picture of what you would have seen in the West (make note of at least 5 specific things) 2)Writer – write a diary entry of what you would have seen (5 specific things) 3)Trail Leader – draw a map of where you are going and list 5 specific things you would run into or want to avoid

8 What did the government do? To stimulate Western growth the gov’t: - Extended the Land Ordinance and Northwest Ordinance to new regions - Advertised settling in Louisiana Territory and Florida, bought new lands - Gave land grants to 1812 war veterans - Extended the National Road to the West - Removed the Native Americans

9 Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance

10 Transcontinental Treaty

11 National Road

12 Indian Lands in 1820s

13 Removing the Native Americans The Indian Removal Act (1830) Indian Resistance to the Act (Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, Black Hawk War) The 5 Civilized Tribes are moved West of the Mississippi (“Trail of Tears”) What was the impact on both the Western settlers and the Native Americans?

14 Five Civilized Tribes

15 Trail of Tears

16 The Booming Western Economy Boom #1 – Agricultural Boom Boom #2 – Federal Government Boom Boom #3 – Transportation Boom

17 Here Comes the Boom BoomAgriculturalFederalTransportation Cause of Boom Events in Boom Effects of Boom

18 The Cotton Gin

19 Panic of 1819 The Second National Bank came under fire for the way they handled the Panic by tightening credit and slowing down the economy, leading to future distrust

20 Robert Fulton

21 Erie Canal

22 Urbanization

23 Western Expansion Essay Outline Explain the causes and effects of Western expansion on the United States economy Needs a: 1) Thesis Statement 2) 2 opening paragraph sentences with 3 listed specifics each OR 3 opening sentences with 2 specifics each 3) Conclusion Statement

24 The New Industrial Era What were the causes of the new Industrial era? What new ideas helped to further help industry during the Industrial Era? What were the first new industries of the Industrial Era and what did they create?

25 Eli Whitney’s Interchangeable Parts Interchangeable Parts allowed industrial machinery to run more efficiently because parts of machinery could be used for different tasks

26 Samuel Slater’s First Mill Samuel Slater’s cotton mill was one of the first created in the Northeast that used water powered machines

27 How did the Industrial Revolution of the 1820s and 1830s impact the US? The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. Irving Babbitt Irving Babbitt The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization. Stephen Gardiner Stephen Gardiner

28 North v. South in Industry Why were the North and Mid-Atlantic states successful in industrializing? Why did the South struggle to industrialize? What were the economic effects of the industrialization? What were the social effects?

29 Social Relations in Early 1800s Rich v. Poor (5 Points District) African-Americans (Richard Allen) Women Middle Class Industrial Workers

30 Five Points District in NY The gap between rich and poor widened most in the cities where slums began to appear

31 Richard Allen and others founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which engaged in antislavery activities and gave blacks aid

32 Black Churches – Wade in the Water Baptism

33 Lowell Mill Girls Unmarried young women were likely to get jobs working in the new mills due to their cheap wages

34 Social Relationships What was the reaction of people towards: - Professional Authority - Family Authority - “Doctrine of Separate Spheres” - Voluntary Associations (Temperance)

35 Challenging Authority 1)Professionals such as doctors were distrusted in a changing economy 2)The family with wives getting more independent regarding home family issues (“Doctrine of Separate Spheres”) 3)Children left home sooner and have more control over marriages

36 Temperance Movement

37 Tocqueville’s Study of America With the city that you are researching: 1) Create a 6 slide cartoon strip that shows the daily social life of people in the city 2) Create a 1 page skit that shows conversations involving economic relationships in the city (jobs, rich v. poor) 3) Create a 1 page political speech that a politician in the city may have made (what would he/she have believed? What issues were important?)


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