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The Antebellum Time of Change

The Antebellum Time of Change. 1820-1860. Areas of Change. Increase in Democracy New Technology New Land. Women’s Rights; more people can vote Textile, manufacturing, transportation, communication Manifest destiny; our God given right to expand & settle lands from coast to coast.

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The Antebellum Time of Change

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  1. The Antebellum Time of Change 1820-1860

  2. Areas of Change • Increase in Democracy • New Technology • New Land • Women’s Rights; more people can vote • Textile, manufacturing, transportation, communication • Manifest destiny; our God given right to expand & settle lands from coast to coast

  3. Jacksonian Democracy 1820-1840 • Common Man’s President; grew up in poverty; no college education; self made man • From Tennessee • War Hero - 1812

  4. Changes in Requirements; most states dropped property requirements; increased voting pop. by 3xs Changes in Procedure; set up spoils system; new admin hires their own peeps Changes in Ideas Increases in Democracy

  5. Technology • Manufacturing • Farming / Food Production • Transportation • Communication

  6. Making Factories Possible Samuel Slater James Watt

  7. Charles Goodyear and Vulcanization of Rubber Elias Howe and the Sewing Machine How did these things help????

  8. Farming and Food McCormick’s Reeper & Deere’s Iron Plow

  9. Gail Borden Processing and Storage

  10. On the Road Again…. Turnpikes

  11. Wagons and Trains

  12. Moving on the Water Robert Fulton and the Clermont

  13. Everybody’s Talking…… Samuel FB Morse & Cyrus Fields

  14. Erie Canal DeWitt Clinton • 4’ Deep 40’ wide • Albany, NY to Lake Erie near Buffalo • Connected NYC to Chicago

  15. Changed the economy of the south cotton = cash crop slaves more necessary Slavery will lead to sectionalism Significance of the Cotton Gin

  16. Battle of Alamo Battle of Goliad Battle of San Jacinto War for Texas Independence Stephan Austin Gen. Santa Ana Sam Houston

  17. Joint ownership with Britain US citizens out number British 54’40* or Fight Oregon

  18. Bear Flag Revolt Battles in the Southwest Battles in Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican – American War

  19. Changes in Attitude • Temperance • Abolition • Education • Women’s Rights • Assistance for the Insane and the Handicapped

  20. Temperance • Began in Maine- 1830’s • WCTU began 1874 • Prohibition – 1920’s Francis Willard Lyman Beecher Neal Dow

  21. Abolition Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Liberator Harriet Beecher Stowe William Lloyd Garrison

  22. Education Horace MannTax Supported Public Schools Better Teacher Training

  23. Women’s Rights Seneca Falls 1848

  24. Assistance for the Insane and Handicapped Samuel Howe Dorothea Dix Thomas Hopkins Gall

  25. Other Significant Issues that Caused Sectionalism • Tariffs • North wants high tariff so their manufactured goods will have higher price • South wants low tariffs since they do not make any manufactured goods • Slavery • Deciding which new states would be free or slave • Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Kansas/Nebraska Act • Compromise of 1850

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