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13 COLONIES Dependent upon English goods. 1776 AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Foreign goods. Self-produced goods. WAR OF 1812. Cut off from foreign trade. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA. Increased need for cotton. N.E. pop grows quickly. RR built.
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13 COLONIES Dependent upon English goods 1776 AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Foreign goods Self-produced goods WAR OF 1812 Cut off from foreign trade INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA Increased need for cotton N.E. pop grows quickly RR built Plantation system developed People began moving W. a. couldn’t afford E b. couldn’t afford So. land States Rights Slavery Cotton is King Farmers Miners Ranchers
CIVIL WAR 1861 -1865 South destroyed North prospers END OF RECONSTRUCTION LAST FRONTIER IS SETTLED Ranchers Farmers Cattle Ranchers Miners IMMMIGRATION… INDUSTRIALIZATION… URBANIZATION
ELECTRICITY Steel, skyscrapers, apartment bldgs Ghettos . ELEVATORS Dumbell tenements TROLLEYS INDOOR PLUMBING TELEPHONE, TYPEWRITER, SEWING MACHINE
“…the best and the worst combined.” SLUMS IMPURE WATER UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE UNWASHED BODIES ANIMAL DROPPINGS DUMBBELL TENEMENTS CRIME …the canker sores of feverish growth.”
Immigrant…a person who moves from a country to settle permanently in another. Immigration to U.S. Bering Strait 1600’s – 1700’s No. & W. Europe 1880 –1915 So. & E. Europe 1800’s Ireland Germany China British Isles W. Europe No. Europe Italy Poland Russia Greece