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America Pageant Ch14

American Pageant Ed.13, Chapters 14, Quarter 2 Test

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America in 1860 Now 33 states, and the population was doubling every 25 years. Foreigners were a large number.
Potato Famine 1840s in Ireland, potato crops fail, causing a shortage of food, and many Irish flee to the U.S.
German '48ers The many Germans that come in 1848 due to failure of crops and the revolutionary war.
The "Know-Nothings" Protestant american born people, who met in secret and fought for restrictions on immigration, naturalization, and deportation
Samuel Slater "Father of the Factory System" Built the cotton thread spinner
Eli Whitney Builds cotton gin, as well as interchangeable parts on muskets, which starts "King Cotton" and increases slavery
Free Incorporation You don't need to apply for a charter from the gov. to start a corporation.
Why was the factory system bad? People worked long hours for little pay, and 50% of laborers were children.
Economic Improvements in the 1830s West reaps strong harvests, highways and steamboats appear, Erie Canal made, the first railroad built,
Pony Express A postage system, where mail is delivered on horse.
Great Triumvirate Clay, Webster, Calhoun- perfection and unity in senate, senate never the same after deaths, couldn't prevent civil war, but they did delay it. Highly celebrated politicians.
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