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The “ Era of Good Feelings ” (1816-1824)

Explore the economic, social, and industrial disparities between the Northeast and South during 1816-1824, highlighting population, immigration, urban development, cotton reliance, and more.

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The “ Era of Good Feelings ” (1816-1824)

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  1. The“Era of Good Feelings” (1816-1824) Madison to Monroe Nationalism Industry / Expansion

  2. Regional Specialization NORTHEAST Industrial SOUTH Cotton & Slavery WEST The Nation’s “Breadbasket”

  3. ENTRY # 24 Make a Venn Diagram comparing the North Vs. the South with regard to: • What type of economy in each • Population #’s • Immigration • Urban development • Reliance on Cotton • Use of new Technology • Development of middle class • Literacy levels

  4. Regions grabbed the Inventions that best suited their economic pursuits

  5. ENTRY #25 As you watch the Film America the Story of Us: Division, fill in the cause effect diagram below: Industrial and Cultural/Social/Economic Changes Social Movements:? Transportation --- In the North:? --- Revolution Changes:  In the South:?

  6. The American System (Economic Nationalism in Action) • Protective Tariffs, starting with the Tariff of 1816 • Second Bank of the U. S. • Internal improvements at federal expense.-National Road Henry Clay,“The GreatCompromiser”

  7. The Transportation Revolution

  8. ENTRY # 26 What is a Revolution? Define in 2-3 sentences:

  9. Erie Canal, 1820s Begun in 1817; completed in 1825

  10. Principal Canals in 1840

  11. Robert Fulton & the Steamboat 1807: The Clermont

  12. First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities. Cumberland (National Road), 1811

  13. Conestoga Covered Wagons Conestoga Trail, 1820s

  14. TheRailroadRevolution,1850s • Immigrant laborbuilt the No. RRs. • Slave laborbuilt the So. RRs.

  15. Samuel F. B. Morse 1840 – Telegraph

  16. The Northern Industrial PowerHouse

  17. The Power Loom Patented by Edmund Cartwright in 1785

  18. Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle

  19. Resourcefulness & Experimentation • Americans were willing to try anything. • They were first copiers, theninnovators. 1800 41 patents were approved. 1860 4,357 patents were approved.

  20. Samuel Slater(“Father of the Factory System”)

  21. New EnglandTextileCenters:1830s

  22. The Lowell/Waltham System:First Dual-Purpose Textile Plant Francis Cabot Lowell’s town - 1814

  23. Lowell in 1850 • Factory workers were girls • Came from farms, leaving family • Housing was provided • Hard life, long hours, restricted living

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

  25. New England Dominance in Textiles

  26. Elias Howe & Isaac Singer 1840sSewing Machine

  27. U.S. Manufacturing Employment, 1820–1850

  28. I’m a Factory Girl Filled with Wishes I'm a factory girlEveryday filled with fearFrom breathing in the poison airWishing for windows!I'm a factory girlTired from the 13 hours of work each dayAnd we have such low payWishing for shorten work times!I'm a factory girlNever having enough time to eatNor to rest my feetWishing for more free time!I'm a factory girlSick of all this harsh conditionsMaking me want to sign the petition!So do what I ask for because I am a factory girlAnd I'm hereby speaking for all the rest!

  29. The Southern Agrarian Society Prospers

  30. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1793

  31. John Deere & the Steel Plow(1837) Most notable for making the West Farmable

  32. Cyrus McCormick& the Mechanical Reaper: 1831

  33. Impact Of Industry Opportunity Expansion Innovation

  34. Changing Occupation Distributions:1820 - 1860

  35. National Origin of Immigrants:1820 - 1860 Why now?

  36. US Population Density 1810 1820

  37. Map: Population Distribution, 1790 and 1850

  38. The “American Dream” • Americans regarded material advance as the natural fruit of American republicanism & proof of the country’s virtue and promise. A German visitor in the 1840s, Friedrich List, observed: Anything new is quickly introduced here, including all of the latest inventions. There is no clinging to old ways. The moment an American hears the word “invention,” he pricks up his ears.

  39. Distribution of Wealth • During the American Revolution,45% of all wealth in the top 10% ofthe population. • 1845 Boston - top 4% owned over 65% of the wealth. • 1860 Philadelphia - top 1% owned over 50% of the wealth. • The gap between rich and poor was widening!

  40. The North Embraces Industry The tariff Congress placed on imported goods helped industry to flourish, particularly in the Northeast, where there were many factories and laborers to keep them running. Industrial Workers The arrival of industry changed the way many Americans worked by reducing the skill required for many jobs. This trend hurt highly skilled artisans, who could not compete with manufacturers working with many low-cost laborers. Southern Agricultural Economy and Society During the 1780s, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington hoped that slavery would gradually fade away. However, with the emergence of cotton as the South’s leading crop, slavery persisted.

  41. The Panic of 1819 CAUSES???

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