Early 1800

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Early 1800s The War with Mexico
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Industrial Revolution

• . Creating a Modern America
• 1. Begins in Britain during the 18th century
• 2. Inventors come up with ways to generate
  power using river flow (or streams)
• 3. Develop power-driven machinery to speed up
  production
• 4. British migrants bring ideas to America
  (start the development of machines here)
• - Samuel Slater in 1793 starts Americas first
  textile factory.

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Factories

• In 1841, Francis Cabot Lowell developed a
  weaving factory in Lowell, Mass.
• His factory attracts thousands of people in
  pursuit of jobs.
• Lowell recruits young women (ages 15-29) to live
  and work at factory.

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Factories (cont.)

• Promises parents strict moral supervision (in
  company dorms), requires church
• attendance, and nightly curfew.
• By 1840, Mill employed 8,000 workers about 40 of
  the population of Lowell.
• -This factory system become a model for the
  Northern States.

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Factories
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Inventions

• In 1793, Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin.
• a. This machine helps clean cotton (by
  removing the cotton seeds).
• b. Cotton Gin makes cotton production very
  profitable (a new cash crop).

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Inventions (cont.)

• In 1837, Samuel Morse developed the telegraph.
• - Sent signals along copper wire.
• In 1837, John Deere develops a steel plow. This
  allows farms to use horses instead of oxen.

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Inventions

• Telegraph Steel Plow

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Transportation

• Roads and rivers were most commonly used.
• Industries developed turnpikes (private roads) to
  ship goods easier from factory to market.
• - Those that used the turnpike would pay tolls
  to travel. The toll would help offset the cost.
• In 1810 Steamboats are developed to help
  transport goods along the rivers.

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Transportation (cont.)

• Erie Canal Project begins in 1817. At the time
  the longest canal in the nation was 28 miles.
• a. The Erie Canal would extend some 363
  miles.
• b. The canal was dug by hand it was 40 feet
  wide and 4 feet deep.
• c. The canal helped New York become the
  Easts biggest port city by 1830.
• d. By 1840 the U.S. created more than 3,300
  miles of canals.
• e. Later trains will be developed which
  would speed up travel.

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Transportation

• Erie Canal

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Threats to America

• Europe
• 1.Russia begins to take territory in Western
  Canada (Alaska).
• 2. European countries begin to re-take control
  of colonies they once had.

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Threats to America

• Europe
• 3. Monroe Doctrine is passed in 1823.
• a. It warned European nations not to
  interfere with land in the Western
  Hemisphere. America would consider any
  action dangerous to our peace and safety.
• b. This would begin the U.S. policy of
  policing the world.

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Threats to America

• Monroe Doctrine

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Threats to America

• Slavery
• 1. Major issues on Slavery begin between
  northern and southern states.
• 2. Current balance between slave states and free
  states (ten each). Becomes a representation
  issue.
• 3. Missouri Compromise (this would tip the
  balance of representation power between
  states). Defined boundaries where slavery could
  exist (South) and where slavery was not
  acceptable.

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Threats to America

• Map of Missouri Compromise

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Threats to America

• Native Americans
• 1. Indian Removal Act (1830) Federal government
  provided funds to negotiate treaties that would
  force the Native Americans to move west.
• 2. Trail of Tears Cherokees were forced west
  (on foot) thousands dies on the trail to the
  west.

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War Over Texas

• Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
• Mexico claims all the once Spanish land in the
  Americas (Mexico, New Mexico, California, Texas,
  Arizona, Nevada, and Utah).
• Americans living in Texas (Mexican Territory)
  fight a battle at the Alamo (a fort in San
  Antonio) which would ultimately lay claim to the
  Territory of Texas.
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War Over Texas

• Texas becomes an independent territory (not part
  of the U.S.) known as the Lone Star State in
  1836.
• Texas doesnt become a U.S. territory (state)
  until Dec. 29, 1945. (Becoming the 28th
  State).

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Mexican American War

• Dispute between the boarder of Texas and Mexico
  leads U.S. troops and Mexican Army into war.
• The American troops win battle after battle
  against the poorly lead Mexican army.
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The Mexican American War

• On February 2, 1848, The U.S. and Mexico sign the
  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
• Mexico agrees to the Rio Grande border for Texas
  and ceded New Mexico, California to the United
  States.
• The U.S. agreed to pay 15 million for more
  Mexican landCalifornia, Nevada, New Mexico,
  Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming.

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The Mexican American War