Growth & Expansion

1. Growth & Expansion

2. Industrial Revolution • Machines replace hand tools in production. • Mass Production- producing goods in large quantities. • Starts in England with textile (cloth) factories; Samuel Slater brings production secrets to U.S. in 1790s. • Eli Whitney- Interchangeable Parts - pieces of an item that are exactly the same.

3. North • Growth of factories and cities.

4. South • Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney)  cleans cotton  cotton production easier  expansion of slavery.

5. Lowell Mill Girls • The Lowell Offering: Most of these women, both young and old, had some object in working in the factory besides using the money they would earn for mere dress and adornments. Some desired to become better educated, others worked that a brother or a son might be sent to college, and still others to maintain the younger children or the father and mother on the home farm…

6. Lowell Mill Girl Connections • Make a T-Chart- on one side, write your typical daily schedule; on the other side, write the Lowell girl’s typical daily schedule (based on the reading).

7. The Monroe Doctrine • European countries told not to interfere in Americas except in already-existing colonies.

8. Manifest Destiny • Phrase first used in 1840s • Belief that U.S. was destined to expand west to Pacific.

10. Western Expansion Real Estate Ad Activity • In groups of 3 you will research information on a specific region that the U.S. acquired during the 1800s in its quest for expansion. You will then use this information to design a real estate ad for that territory—as if whatever country or group that previously possessed the area was trying to convince the U.S. to buy it. • Each group member will be responsible for researching specific information on the area and writing it out on the real estate ad.

11. Group Roles • Lewis: • Who the land belonged to before the U.S. got it. • The year that the U.S. purchased or acquired it. • The price of that purchase (in a couple of cases the U.S. didn’t pay money for the land, but had to negotiate a treaty; include that info in place of an actual dollar price). • 1 reason that the U.S. wanted the land at the time • Clark: • Map of the area (draw it out) • What states are in the area now; how large was the area (square miles) • Brief history of area leading up to purchase/acquisition (what native tribes lived in area; what Europeans first colonized it; what led up to the acquisition)- should be at least 4 sentences long. • Sacajawea • 3 natural resources in area • Describe 2 natural beauties in area (example: like the Mississippi River in the Louisiana territory) • 2 fun facts based on the history of the land after it was acquired by the U.S. (write it as if a fortune teller was making prophecies about what would occur there) • Should also have one other picture besides the map.

13. 2 Questions • Which territory do you think was the most beneficial for the U.S. to acquire? Or, put another way, if the U.S. had only been able to pick one of these, which should it pick? • Which territory do you think was the least important for the U.S. to acquire? Or, put another way, if the U.S. had to do without one of these territories, which should it let go of?

14. American Progress

15. Westward Migration • Reasons Americans headed west • Economic opportunities (land; new markets; locate harbors on Pacific) • Escape religious persecution (Mormons) • Spread virtues of democracy

16. Nationalism vs. Sectionalism • Nationalism: the good of the country outweighs the desires of any one state or region. • Sectionalism: the good of one’s state or region outweighs the good of the country.

17. How do you unite different groups of people? • What does the school do to unite the student body?

18. How do you unite different groups of people? • What does the school do to unite the student body? • How does the U.S. government & culture unite people?

19. The American Plan • Unite nation’s economy • Transportation and internal improvements (Eerie Canal, National Road, railways) • Tariff of 1816 (make foreign goods more expensive; North happy, South mad) • Second Bank of the United States (national currency)

20. “Eerie Canal/Low Bridge” I've got a mule and her name is Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal She's a good old worker and a good old pal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal We haul'd some barges in our day Filled with lumber, coal, and hay We know every inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo  Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town And you'll always know your neighbor And you'll always know your pal If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal 

21. Nationalist Supreme Court • Chief Justice Marshall makes rulings that strengthens federal government’s power and limits state governments’ power.

22. Westward Expansion Controversy: The Missouri Compromise • Pg. 222-223 (just the Missouri Compromise section) • 1. Why was there such a fuss over whether Missouri would be a slave or a free state? • 2. What did the South get out of the Missouri Compromise? • 3. What did the North get out of the Missouri Compromise? • 4. Given what you learned of this situation, do you think the spirit of nationalism was strong or fragile at this time in the U.S.? Support your opinion.