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America In Transition The Making of Modern America

America In Transition The Making of Modern America. US in Transition 1800-1860 Urbanization b. Transportation Revolution 1. Canal Revolution 1 st ½ of 19 th century 2. Railroad 3. Innovation /Inventions----problem solvers.

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America In Transition The Making of Modern America

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  1. America In TransitionThe Making of Modern America US in Transition 1800-1860 Urbanization b. Transportation Revolution 1. Canal Revolution 1st ½ of 19th century 2. Railroad 3. Innovation /Inventions----problem solvers

  2. America’s Unique Arrangement • Immigration • Innovation • Invention-----Industry • Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis The idea that we continue to move west-> we adapt -> we change-> a new America develops shedding the Eastern background of the establishment of the nation. INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC SELF SUFFICIENT TOUGH Jackson felt that there was something special, romantic about the move west and the development of the American spirit that developed in moving across the continent.

  3. Transformation of the Workplace • Craft or Artisan Production • Assembly Line---interchangeable parts • Corporations • Industrialization (mass production) • v. • cottage industry

  4. Railroads as the Engine of the US Economy • RR Growth • Encouraged invention and new technology • Use of corporation model • Changing role of government---laissez faire • RR extended and integrated the nation a. encouraged settlement of the plains b. helped create great agricultural suppliers c. brought US closer/together

  5. WHY? • Why did people move west? • Why did people immigrate? • Push/Pull---Europe->->->North->->South • Internal improvements/social overhead capital • Economies of Scale • Industrial Revolution

  6. Forging The National Economy1790-1860 • The Westward Movement • Shaping the Western Landscape • The March of the Millions • The Irish • The Germans • Nativism

  7. The March of Mechanization • Industrial Revolution spread to US---the US destine to become an industrial giant (I-I-I). • Land was cheap, labor was scarce, $$$ for investment plentiful, lots of natural resources undiscovered. • The Factory System

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