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Ch 10 Glenco US Hist

Economic Growth

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Americans learned to develop tools that made work easier and more efficient.
Great Britain was the first to create machinery that ran on waterpower.
New England's soil was poor, so people were willing to leave the farm and go to work in the factories.
technology scientific discoveries that simplify work
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
farmers were the majority of workers in the 1820s
During the early 1800s, western farmers raised cash crops and pork.
New England had many ports for shipping goods.
New England's soil was poor and made farming hard.
Samuel Slater memorized the cottons spinning machine design and brought it to the US from Britain.
factory system bringing all manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency.
The growth of factories and trade spurred the growth of towns and cities
Industrial towns developed along rivers and streams.
census official count of the population
In the early 1800s travel west was hard and dangerous.
turnpike toll road
Early roads were made of crushed stone or split logs.
The first national road opened in 1818.
Settlers moved west to get land for homesteads.
River travel before the steam boat was hard if you were going against the flow of the river.
Most rivers flowed north and south but most settlers wanted to travel was east and west.
Robert Fulton developed the steamboat engine that was powerful and made travel faster.
Steamboats brought about a new age in river travel.
canal artificial waterway
The Erie Canal opened in 1825 and lowered the cost of transporting goods.
Pioneer families tended to settle in communities along rivers so they could ship crops.
John C. Calhoun supporter of state soverignty in the 1820s.
state sovereignty the idea that states have autonomous power.
demilitarized border a border with no military forces
The Moneroe Doctrine ( 1823) did not allow future colonization by an European powers.
demilitarized the removal of weapons
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