Transforming American Society
(1800-1840)
Chapter 9
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Vermont
March 4, 1791
15
Kentucky
June 1, 1792
16
Tennessee
June 1, 1796
17
Ohio
March 1, 1803
18
Louisiana
April 30, 1812
19
Indiana
December 11, 1816
20
Mississippi
December 10, 1817
21
Illinois
December 3, 1818
22
Alabama
December 14, 1819
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Maine
March 15, 1820
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Missouri
August 10, 1821
Western Expansion
• By 1821, 11 new states had been admitted
• Where did the new settlers settle and why?
• What were the causes of Western
settlement?
Western Society
• What was life like for Western pioneers
after they settled in the West?
• What was the “Far West” and how did these
“mountain men” survive?
Explorations of Jedediah Smith
The Oregon Trail
Life for a Settler
• You are a family traveling to the West, do
the following:
1) Artist – draw a picture of what you would
have seen in the West (make note of at
least 5 specific things)
2) Writer – write a diary entry of what you
would have seen (5 specific things)
3) Trail Leader – draw a map of where you
are going and list 5 specific things you
would run into or want to avoid
What did the government do?
• To stimulate Western growth the gov’t:
- Extended the Land Ordinance and Northwest
Ordinance to new regions
- Advertised settling in Louisiana Territory
and Florida, bought new lands
- Gave land grants to 1812 war veterans
- Extended the National Road to the West
- Removed the Native Americans
Ordinance of 1785 and
Northwest Ordinance
Transcontinental Treaty
National Road
Indian Lands in 1820s
Removing the Native Americans
• The Indian Removal Act (1830)
• Indian Resistance to the Act (Cherokee
Nation v. Georgia, Black Hawk War)
• The 5 Civilized Tribes are moved West of
the Mississippi (“Trail of Tears”)
What was the impact on both the Western
settlers and the Native Americans?
Five Civilized Tribes
Trail of Tears
The Booming Western Economy
• Boom #1 – Agricultural Boom
• Boom #2 – Federal Government Boom
• Boom #3 – Transportation Boom
Here Comes the Boom
Boom
Cause of
Boom
Events in
Boom
Effects of
Boom
Agricultural
Federal
Transportation
The Cotton Gin
Panic of 1819
The Second National Bank
came under fire for the way
they handled the Panic by
tightening credit and
slowing down the economy,
leading to future distrust
Robert Fulton
Erie Canal
Urbanization
Western Expansion Essay Outline
• Explain the causes and effects of Western
expansion on the United States economy
• Needs a:
1) Thesis Statement
2) 2 opening paragraph sentences with 3
listed specifics each OR 3 opening sentences
with 2 specifics each
3) Conclusion Statement
The New Industrial Era
• What were the causes of the new Industrial
era?
• What new ideas helped to further help
industry during the Industrial Era?
• What were the first new industries of the
Industrial Era and what did they create?
Eli Whitney’s Interchangeable Parts
Interchangeable Parts
allowed industrial
machinery to run more
efficiently because
parts of machinery
could be used for
different tasks
Samuel Slater’s First Mill
Samuel
Slater’s cotton
mill was one
of the first
created in the
Northeast that
used water
powered
machines
How did the Industrial
Revolution of the 1820s and
1830s impact the US?
• The industrial revolution has tended to produce
everywhere great urban masses that seem to be
increasingly careless of ethical standards.
Irving Babbitt
• The Industrial Revolution was another of those
extraordinary jumps forward in the story of
civilization.
Stephen Gardiner
North v. South in Industry
• Why were the North and Mid-Atlantic
states successful in industrializing?
• Why did the South struggle to industrialize?
• What were the economic effects of the
industrialization? What were the social
effects?
Social Relations in Early 1800s
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Rich v. Poor (5 Points District)
African-Americans (Richard Allen)
Women
Middle Class Industrial Workers
Five Points District in NY
The gap
between rich
and poor
widened most
in the cities
where slums
began to
appear
Richard Allen and others
founded the African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
which engaged in antislavery
activities and gave blacks aid
Black Churches – Wade in the
Water Baptism
Lowell Mill Girls
Unmarried young women
were likely to get jobs
working in the new mills due
to their cheap wages
Social Relationships
• What was the reaction of people towards:
- Professional Authority
- Family Authority
- “Doctrine of Separate Spheres”
- Voluntary Associations (Temperance)
Challenging Authority
1) Professionals such as
doctors were distrusted in
a changing economy
2) The family with wives
getting more independent
regarding home family
issues (“Doctrine of
Separate Spheres”)
3) Children left home sooner
and have more control
over marriages
Temperance Movement
Tocqueville’s Study of America
• With the city that you are researching:
1) Create a 6 slide cartoon strip that shows the
daily social life of people in the city
2) Create a 1 page skit that shows conversations
involving economic relationships in the city (jobs,
rich v. poor)
3) Create a 1 page political speech that a politician
in the city may have made (what would he/she
have believed? What issues were important?)