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Go West Young Man!

Go West Young Man!. Economic growth and Manifest Destiny. Railroads. Costs less to build than canals Move farther & faster Carry more weight Connect East & West. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791. Actually invented by a slave!. Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory. Interchangeable Parts Rifle.

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Go West Young Man!

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  1. Go West Young Man! Economic growth and Manifest Destiny

  2. Railroads • Costs less to build than canals • Move farther & faster • Carry more weight • Connect East & West

  3. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791 Actually invented by a slave!

  4. Eli Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle

  5. OliverEvans First automated flour mill First prototype of the locomotive

  6. Provided jobs Increased speed of production Less skill necessary Textile Mills

  7. Manifest Destiny • Moving west: • The desire of most Americans to own their own land • The discovery of gold and other valuable resources • The belief that the United States was destined to stretch across North America • Manifest – obvious • Destiny – fate • Americans obvious fate to expand from “sea to shining sea”

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