u.s. history unit 4 standards: ssush7 a-e. early us industrialization
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Late 1700s-1800s Began in Britain but spread west Advances in technology led to economic changes Factories transformed manufacturing Impacted trade and global economy The Industrial RevolutionTRANSCRIPT
Economic Growth and Westward
ExpansionU.S. History Unit 4
Standards: SSUSH7 a-e
Early US Industrialization
Late 1700s-1800s Began in Britain but spread west Advances in technology led to economic
changes Factories transformed manufacturing Impacted trade and global economy
The Industrial Revolution
New inventions had great impact 1793 cotton gin processed cotton faster South became “cotton kingdom” Southern plantation owners got rich Made the South dependent on slave labor Also introduced interchangeable parts for
muskets that will spread to other industries
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater – factory system Robert Fulton – steamboat Samuel Morse – telegraph John Deere – steel plow Cyrus McCormick – mechanical reaper
Sectionalism – economic, social, cultural and political differences that exists between different parts of the country.
Impact of Technology
Manifest Destiny
Mexico controlled Texas in the early 1800s Large number of US settlers living there 1834, Santa Anna took power Texas, under Sam Houston launched rebellion Declared independence on March 2, 1836 Led to war and the stand at the Alamo Texas won and became a republic until 1845 Was not annexed by US due to slave issue
Texas Independence
Texas was critical issue James K. Polk was “dark horse” winner Won on issue of annexing Texas and Oregon John Tyler called for joint resolution of
Congress Texas was admitted as a slave state in 1845 Oregon admitted in 1846 after Britain gave it
up
Election of 1844
Polk sent troops to the border Slidell to Mexico to settle border disputes Mexico refused to meet and US troops moved
into the disputed territory Mexican troops attacked,war declared US won easily when Scotttook Mexico City
War with Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 US purchased New Mexico and California Boundary disputes continued Gadsden Purchase gave US all of the
remaining territory for $10 million. Completed continental expansion Gold was discovered in California in 1849
leading to rapid increase in population in the territories
Treaty and Purchase
Jacksonian Democracy
Supporter of manifest destiny Identified with the “common folk” Denounced “corrupt bargain” in election of 1824 Won presidency of 1828 Inspired Jacksonian Democracy – western expansion and
universal suffrage Rewarded his supporters using spoils system Favored strict interpretation of Constitution and laissez-
faire economics Actions contributed to national depression in 1837 Two party system returned with Jackson’s Democrats and the
opposition Whigs
Andrew Jackson
Native Americans viewed as obstacle to
expansion US forced Indians off lands for settlement Jackson supported Georgia’s removal of
Cherokee Trail of Tears – forced march of Cherokee to
Oklahoma in 1838
Indian Removal
Social Reforms
Education influenced by Horace Mann Believed education crucial to democracy Men and women should have access Created state Board of Education in MA
Temperance movement wanted to moderate alcohol
Convinced states to pass laws prohibiting sale
Education and Temperance
Gained following in 1830s South depended on slave economy Northern movement to abolish led by middle
class Black abolitionists were former slaves
Abolitionist Movement
Women supported other movements but faced
discrimination Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized firstconvention Seneca Falls Conference in 1848 called forwomen’s suffrage Susan B. Anthony became a leader
Women’s Rights