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Forging the National Economy 1790-1860. Chapter 14 P. 287-319. Westward Movement of Center of Population 1790-1990. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Population Increase Including Slaves and Indians 1790-1860. German Immigrants Lutheran churches. Cotton Gin.
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Forging the National Economy1790-1860 Chapter 14 P. 287-319
German Immigrants Lutheran churches
Cotton Gin • Cotton gin used a series of rollers and combs to remove • the cotton seeds from cotton flowers. • Considered one of the 50 most influential inventions in history.
The invention of the Cotton Gin in 1793 increased the demand for slavery in the U.S. as cotton became more profitable.
As cotton became profitable, cotton planting increased and slavery was brought to the deep south (AL, MS, LA)
Southern Cotton Production 1820 v. 1860 1820 1860
Eli Whitney invented both the • Cotton gin and the • Use of interchangeable parts in • firearms
Woman using a Singer Sewing Machine The Singer sewing machine would quickly become popular in the U.S. and abroad. This represents a shift to the U.S. becoming an exporter of manufactured products and machinery.
Samuel Morse is credited with perfecting the telegraph and the universal Morse code. Communication Revolution Began in 1844
The steel plow turned many westerners into commercial farmers. John Deere Steel plow
The McCormick Reaper Invented in 1831 and patented in 1834 it made the American midwest the breadbasket of the country and eventually the world.
The Erie Canal Roads were too expensive for transporting large shipments of agricultural products to urban markets and manufactured products to rural markets.
Lancaster Turnpike • Known today as Route 30 • Considered the first turnpike in the U.S. • Connected Philadelphia to Lancaster
The National Road Also shown on this map is Wilderness Road Daniel Boone discovered this Indian Path in 1769. In 1775 he had foresters build a path so that Pioneer families could begin to settle into the West
Robert Fulton’s Clermont Immediately following this demonstration, Robert Fulton, with his partner Robert R. Livingston, started commercial steamboat service on the Hudson River between New York City and Albany.
B & O Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Lowell Mill Girls Young women seeking “independence” before marriage.
Image from Godey’s Lady’s Book Glorifying the Cult of Domesticity
