free enterprise system

FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM

INDIVIDUALS ENJOY FREEDOM TO PRODUCE AND BUY MOST GOODS

AND SERVICES

SENECA FALLS, NY

IMPORTANT CONVENTION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

ELI WHITNEYSAMUEL SLATER

WERE IMPORTANT TO THE SPREAD OF THE

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BECAUSE THEY CREATED

NEW METHODS OF PRODUCTION.

GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS

SUPPORTED DIFFERENT TYPES OF ECONOMIC

GROWTH

THE PRIMARY REASON THAT THE NORTH DEVELOPED AN

ECONOMY BASED ON MANUFACTURING AND THE

SOUTH RELIED ON AGRICULTURE

SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

PROTESTANT EVANGELICALS SOUGHT TO END SLAVERY AND

ACHIEVE OTHER REFORMS

IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION

URBANIZATION WAS THE RESULT OF THIS IN THE EARLY 1800’S

DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS

ADOPTED AT THE SENECA FALLS CONVENTION IN 1848 AND PROMOTED

THE IDEA OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN

INCREASE IN THE URBAN POPULATION

AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES CONTRIBUTED TO THIS

PERMITTED LARGE QUANTITIES OF GOODS TO BE MASS PRODUCED

AT LOWER COST

THE USE OF INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS IN THE

MANUFACTURING OF GOODS ADVANCED THE GROWTH OF

THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION

• INVENTION OF THE STEAMBOAT• IMPROVEMENTS IN ROADS• CONSTUCTION OF CANALS• DEVELOPMENT OF THE

RAILROAD

MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NATION’S SYSTEM OF TRADE DURING THE EARLY

1800’S

• CONSTRUCTION OF CANALS• USE OF STEAMBOATS ON

RIVERS• CONSTRUCTION OF TOLL

ROADS

IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE ABOLITIONIST

MOVEMENT

• WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON– PUBLISHED THE LIBERATOR– WAS A PRINTER AND A BAPTIST– WAS A BOSTONIAN

• FREDRICK DOUGLASS– PUBLISHED THE NORTH STAR– WAS A WRITER AND AN ORATOR– WAS A NEW YORKER

RIP VAN WINKLE

LITERARY WORK THAT ARGUED IN FAVOR OF THE

MORAL NECESSITY OF FIGHTING SLAVERY, EVEN IF

IT MEANT RESISTING THE LAW

JAMES AUDUBON

HIS DRAWINGS MARK THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK ON BIRDS EVER

PUBLISHED

HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL

THEY GLORIFIED THE MAJESTY OF NATURE

IRISH POTATO FAMINE

MAIN REASON IRISH IMMIGRANTS DECIDED TO MIGRATE TO THE US

IN THE 19TH CENTURY (1800’S)

ABOLITION

GROUP THAT WANTED TO END SLAVERY

PACIFIST

BELIEF IN NON VIOLENCE

SUFFRAGE

RIGHT TO VOTE

URBANIZATION

MOVEMENT FROM RURAL AREAS TO

CITIES

HORACE MANN

PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORMER

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

ABOLITIONIST WHO WROTE UNCLE TOM’S

CABIN

DORTHEA DIX

PUSHED FOR BETTER TREATMENT OF

PRISIONERS AND THE MENTALLY

HANDICAPPED

HARRIET TUBMAN

HERO OF THE UNDERGROUND

RAILROAD

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

POET THAT BELIEVED IN THE IDEA OF CIVIL

DISOBEDIENCE TOWARDS UNJUST LAWS

FRANCIS LOWELL

CREATED THE FACTORY SYSTEM

INDUSTRIALIZATION

BUILDING UP OF FACTORIES TO

PRODUCE GOODS

WASHINGTON IRVING

1ST AMERICAN WRITER TO GAIN FAME IN EUROPE WITH RIP

VAN WINKLE