social & economic change 1800-1860
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Social & Economic Change 1800-1860. Westward Migration. People moving to find greater opportunity Land ownership Hard lifestyle—especially women “Rugged Individualism” Independent Self Sufficient Yet, relied on neighbors and government. The Early West . Mountain Men Rendezvous - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Social & Economic Change
1800-1860
Westward Migration People moving to find greater opportunity Land ownership Hard lifestyle—especially women “Rugged Individualism”
Independent Self Sufficient Yet, relied on neighbors and government
The Early West Mountain Men Rendezvous Exploiting the natural resouces
Yellowstone 1872 American wilderness makes a truly American
identity
Immigration & Migration
“They may soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have will in
my opinion, be not able to preserve our language and even our
government will become precarious.”
Stated by Ben Franklin about the Germans
Who do you think the following quote is about?
Immigration Population Increase in the U.S.:
High birthrate (greatest increase) 1840s & 1850s, 3 million German & Irish 60 million abandoned Europe between 1840 &
1940; 35 million to the U.S. Why did immigrants come to the U.S.?
Irish? Germans?
Effects of Irish Immigration Roman Catholicism Competition for jobs NINA Molly Maguires Cultivation of Irish vote
Political machines– New York (Tammany Hall) Spoils system
Why mostly in cities? Improved standard of living over time
Effects of German Immigration Settled in Midwest, particularly Wisconsin
More money than Irish immigrants Less political influence– spread out Contributions:
Conestoga wagon Christmas trees Public schools– Kindergarten
Beer drinkers & casual churchgoers
Source: Department of Homeland Security, Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 2008. Figures include only immigrants who obtained legal permanent resident status.
Immigration from Germany, 1820-2008
Reactions to Immigrants
Fear of Roman Catholicism & its influence
Wage competition 1849, Know-Nothing/American Party Violence Economic expansion– prevented this
from getting worse
FRQ
Compare the Experiences of the following groups of immigrants during the period 1830-1860.
IrishGerman
Industrialization Transformations in agriculture, communication,
and transportation U.S. lacks resources necessary to industrialize (at
first): Labor– scarce; land was plentiful Capital– scarce Raw materials– undiscovered & undeveloped
Difficult to compete w/ British products U.S. did have consumers
Your FRQ (2008)
Analyze the impact of the market revolution (1815-1860) on the economies of thefollowing regions The Northeast The Midwest The South
Market Revolution
Inventions Samuel Slater & Moses Brown
Spinning machine Eli Whitney
Cotton gin Interchangeable parts– mass production
Elias Howe & Isaac Singer Sewing machine
Samuel Morse Telegraph
Concept of limited liability– encouraged investing
Why the North? New England, NJ, NY, Pennsylvania Rocky soil– little farming;
manufacturing attractive Rapid rivers– water power More capital More labor (immigrants, etc.) Protective tariffs
Effects of Industrialization Horrible working conditions Child labor Universal male suffrage– workers
made demands Labor unions– 300,000 trade
unionists by 1830Commonwealth v. Hunt
Women & Industrialization Lowell System Unskilled labor Workingwomen were single Cult of Domesticity for married
womenSeparate sphere for womenDomestic feminism
Agricultural Improvements John Deere
Steel Plow Cyrus McCormick
Mower-Reaper (mechanized) Production increased; need for more
markets Need for better transportation
More machinery = more debt
Effects of Improvements Economic specialization by region.
Sectionalism Separate spheres for men and women Increased standard of living Increased gap between rich and poor Social mobility existed (not as prevalent
though) Wages increased
Transportation Improvements Turnpikes (Lancaster Turnpike– PA) Stagecoach Conestoga Wagon Cumberland (National) Road (1811) Robert Fulton– steamboat Canals
Erie Canal (1825)-- Clinton’s Big Ditch Railroad (1828) Clipper ships Pony Express (for mail delivery)
Religious Change
Deism Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason Reason over revelation Rejected original sin Rejected Christ’s divinity God doesn’t intervene except according to natural
law; clockmaker theory Human beings– moral creatures Events happen– natural law– scientific
explanations
Unitarianism Doesn’t accept the Trinity Denies divinity of Christ Humans– naturally good Free will Salvation by good works Loving God Appeals to intellectuals Rational & optimistic– based on ideals of
Enlightenment
Second Great Awakening Religious revivalism Camp meetings Increased church membership Methodists & Baptists
Personal conversion & EmotionDemocratic control of church
Second Great Awakening Peter Cartwright
Methodist circuit rider Masculine Christianity
Charles Finney Religious revivals Anxious benches Role of women– praying in public Denounced alcohol & slavery
Second Great Awakening Role of women
Church membership & beliefs Bring families to God Reformers Charitable organizations—salvation by good
works Burned-out district Itinerant preachers Emotional & participatory
Mormons Joseph Smith
Personal revelation The Book of Mormon– gold plates
Persecuted because: Communal & sometimes isolated Voting block Viewed as a threat to U.S. values
Mormons Brigham Young
Trek to Utah Theocracy & Commonwealth Immigration– missionary movement
Prophet– receives revelation Conflicts w/ federal govt. Polygamy Delayed statehood
Effects of Second Great Awakening
New denominations: Mormons (Joseph Smith) Adventists (William Miller)
Doesn’t effect traditional religions Influences less wealthy, less educated segments Participation in reform movements
Led to some church divisions
Reform Movements
Reform Movements Education Reform
Free public education—promote patriotism Horace Mann, Noah Webster, & William McGuffey Higher education
State-sponsored universities Females admitted or colleges for women est.
Catherine Beecher Prison Reform
Abolition of debtors’ prisons Capital offenses limited Reformatories
Reform Movements Dorothea Dix
Improved conditions for mentally ill Temperance
Role of alcoholism American Temperance Society (1826) Maine Law of 1851
Neal S. Dow Father of Prohibition
Connected to Second Great Awakening
Feminist Movement Cult of domesticity & separate spheres Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Grimke Sisters (Sarah & Angelina) Lucy Stone Amelia Bloomer Seneca Falls Conference (1848)
All men and women are created equal Declaration of Sentiments
National Woman Suffrage Association formed
Utopian Communities Robert Owen– New Harmony, Indiana Brook Farm in Massachusetts Oneida Community in New York
(1848) Shakers– Mother Ann Lee Mormons
Some historians claim the reform movements in the mid-1800s upheld the ideals of the “common man” of Jacksonian Democracy. Assess the validity
of this statement.
American reform movements between 1820 and 1860 reflected both optimistic and pessimistic views of human nature and society.” Assess the validity of this statement in reference to reform movements in THREE of the following areas.
Education Temperance Woman’s rights Utopians experiments Penal institutions
Art, Literature, & Science
Art & Literature Monticello & University of Virginia Charles Wilson Peale & John Trumbull Hudson River School Daguerreotypes Distinctly American literature
James Fenimore Cooper Washington Irving
Literature Transcendentalism:
Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Walt Whitman
Herman Melville Emily Dickinson Edgar Allen Poe
Science Practical science versus
theoretical science Inventions John James Audobon
John Tyler (1841-1845) Democrat in Whig’s clothing Vetoed “Fiscal Bank” Vetoed Whig Tariff Scheme
Rates finally dropped to 32% Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Cold War w/ Britain Panic of 1837– defaulting on bonds Caroline Incident (1837) Asylum to slaves (1840) Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) Oregon Dispute (1846)
Columbia River or 54°40’ 49th parallel
James K. Polk (1845-1849) Polk (Democrat) vs. Clay (Whig) Manifest Destiny 4-point program:
Lowered tariff (25%)– Walker Tariff of 1846 Restore Independent Treasury (1846) Gain Oregon at 49th parallel
British offered a compromise & Senate accepted (1846)
54°40’ or Fight died out quickly Gain California and Texas (1848)
Mexican War-- Causes Manifest Destiny Tyler signed joint resolution to annex Texas Polk’s election Prior acquisition of territory Westward expansion Mexico refuses to recognize Texan
independence Rio Grande vs. Nueces River
Fears of Britain seizing California
Mexican War-- Events General Zachary Taylor marched from Nueces to Rio
Grande Mexicans attacked Taylor’s forces U.S. declared war (1846)– American blood on
American soil ?? Lincoln’s spot resolutions
Blockade of Mexico Santa Anna’s betrayals Stephen Kearny & John Fremont– California General Winfield Scott– Mexico City
Difficulties but won
Mexican War-- Effects Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo– 1848
Texas California Paid over $18 million
Condemned– those who didn’t want Mexico and those who wanted all of it.
More territory added than LA Purchase Training ground for and precursor to Civil War Colossus of the North Wilmot Proviso