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Unit 9: Antebellum America 1840 - 1861

Unit 9: Antebellum America 1840 - 1861. ANTE means BEFORE BELLUM means WAR This is the time period BEFORE the CIVIL WAR. BIG ISSUES DURING THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD. Immigration Industrial Growth The Reform Movement Manifest Destiny Texas and Mexico Oregon Slavery North vs. South.

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Unit 9: Antebellum America 1840 - 1861

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  1. Unit9: Antebellum America1840 - 1861 ANTE means BEFORE BELLUM means WAR This is the time period BEFORE the CIVIL WAR

  2. BIG ISSUES DURING THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD • Immigration • Industrial Growth • The Reform Movement • Manifest Destiny • Texas and Mexico • Oregon • Slavery • North vs. South

  3. IMMIGRATION • America was considered the “LAND OF OPPORTUNITY” WHY? • Cheap Land • Jobs • Freedom Two groups come over in HUGE numbers: • IRISH • GERMANS

  4. THE IRISH • TODAY we love the Irish • They used to be HATED!!!!! • WHY? • POOR • CATHOLIC (“Papists” = followed the POPE) • So MANY (Huge Families) • IRISH considered a DIFFERENT RACE than American PROTESTANTS IRISH settle mostly in NORTHERN CITIES: BOSTON and NEW YORK

  5. The Irish “Invasion”

  6. Papist Invasion? Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome HOME OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

  7. PAPISTS • Alligators or BISHOPS FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INVADING AMERICA???????

  8. Irish immigrant portrayed as an ape carves up democracy with the Parish Priest

  9. Frequent addition to job postings Irish in New England

  10. The Fighting Irish: an insult to Irish Americans? Fighting Irish The “Paddy Wagon”

  11. Blacks and Irish Blacks and Irish competed for jobs Both were considered a lesser race

  12. German Immigration • Most Germans who came to America came for economic and political reasons • Most were farmers • Religiously most were Protestants • They were not as poor as the Irish immigrants • They settled mostly in the Midwest in cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis • They brought with them traditions from home: • Brewing • Kindergarten (Child’s Garden)

  13. Germans flock to the Midwest

  14. German-English Newspapers

  15. Nativists attack all immigrants Nativists: Those who favor NATIVE-BORN citizens over IMMIGRANTS. Ironically all Americans were at one time IMMIGRANTS.

  16. The Know-Nothing Party Flag KNOW NOTHINGS: HATED CATHOLICS and foreigners in general

  17. Self Test • How did little tiny England become a GLOBAL POWERHOUSE? • Why does INDUSTRY attract immigrants? • What is the value of a good idea?

  18. England: Industrial Powerhouse England Industrializes 18th Century England can now mass produce goods and use their Navy to ship them around the world Industry + Naval Power = Global Powerhouse

  19. The American Factory System is born Memorized Factory plans Samuel Slater: British Mechanic Brings industrial secrets to US First Factory in US F Rhode Island NEW ENGLAND IS PERFECT FOR FACTORIES: HARBORS, PEOPLE, RIVERS FOR POWER

  20. TECHNOLOGY: American Inventors ELI WHITNEY: 1. The Cotton Engine “Gin” Revolutionized Cotton Production 50 times more efficient 2. Interchangeable Parts: efficient Manufacturing through Standardization

  21. The Sewing MachineAll clothing had to be hand stitched before this machine was invented Elias Howe Issac Singer

  22. The Telegraph Samuel F.B. Morse COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION

  23. Mechanical Reaper“You reap what you sow” Farmers used to cut all wheat by hand. It took hours and was hard labor. Mechanical Reaper did it in minutes Cyrus McCormack

  24. Turnpikes: People built their own roads and then charged people to use them Then and NOW

  25. Robert Fulton: Perfects the STEAMBOAT • Now boats can go “up the river” against the Tide and current • First used in the Hudson River in New York

  26. Canal Mania: Canals allowed for the mass Transportation of bulk products. The most successful Canal = Erie Canal in New York. Dug by hand by Irish Immigrants New Jersey’s D&R Canal connected NYC to Philadelphia

  27. R.R.’s • Railroads KILL THE CANALS • WHY? • All weather • More efficient • Faster • Cheaper • RAILROADS ARE THE • TRANSPORTATION • POWERHOUSE • UNTIL THE • AIRPLANE KILLS THEM • Railroads were built by cheap Chinese and Irish labor. Both groups faced • Hatred from NATIVISTS

  28. SLAVERY

  29. 1. Slavery slowly fades away in the North2. Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory3. NEW JERSEY is the last northern state to abolish slavery SLAVERY IN THE NORTH:

  30. Antebellum America

  31. Southern Economy

  32. Cotton Growing Boom 1820 Cotton Production 1860 Cotton Production

  33. Human beings sold at auction

  34. Slave Branding Irons Slave Muzzle

  35. Fugitive Slave Reward Poster Slave Dealer Solicitation

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