Balancing the Nation

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Balancing the Nation

• Chapter 7

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Industrial Revolution

• Eli Whitney Interchangeable parts pieces of
  an item that are exactly the same
• Machines replace hand tools
• Mass production creating large quantities of an
  item
• North factories
• South Cotton Gin, more slaves

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Transportation

• Steam Engines Boats and Trains
• National Roads began in 1811
• Erie Canal connected NY Harbor with the Great
  Lakes

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Nationalism vs. Sectionalism

• Nationalism the country is more important than
  the state or region
• John Quincy Adams
• North vs. South
• Nation vs. State
• Slave Vs. Free Missouri Compromise
• New states above Missouri will be free, below
  will be slave

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Andrew Jackson

• Elected in 1824
• Democratic-Republican Common Man
• Spoils System cleaning house
• to the victor goes the spoils

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Indian Removal Act

• Native will/can not adopt western culture
• Forced to leave home and go to Oklahoma
• Trail of Tears thousands died, 800 mile trip
  mostly on foot

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Debate Indian Removal

• Page 228
• Create a T-Chart listing the 3 main points of
  each side of the argument
• In a paragraph develop your own personal opinion
  on the issue of Indian removal