Warm-Up: Let’s Review!

Warm-Up: Let’s Review!

1. What legal concept was the result of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison?

2. Disagreement over what issues led to the formation of the first political parties in the United States?

3. Name 2 of the warnings in George Washington’s “Farewell Address.”

4. What British policy contributed directly to the War of 1812?5. The XYZ Affair was a result of tension between diplomats of

the United States and what country?6. BONUS: What was your favorite Super Bowl commercial

from last night?

Today:I. Warm Up

II. Life in America PowerPoint

III.Postcard Activity

IV.Monroe & The Era of Good Feelings

Essential Questions:

1. How did regional differences lead to a rise of sectionalism in the Antebellum Period?

2. How did the Monroe Doctrine reflect feelings of nationalism?

Vocabulary Terms

• Sectionalism• loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section

of the country, rather than to the country as a whole• Pride of one’s own region or section of the country

• Nationalism• Loyalty to the interests of one’s own country above all

else• Pride of one’s own country

• Antebellum• Before the war• Usually meaning before the Civil War

What do you already know?

•What sort of economy was MOST common

in the North?

•What about the South?

• How did their economies influence the

regions ideas about slavery?

Industrial Revolution (Vocab)

•Change in social and economic practices as a result of mechanization and the development of mass production techniques

Industrial Revolution• First begins in Great Britain during the

late 1700s• One of the most dramatic changes in

HUMAN HISTORY!• Mechanization of labor• Use of machines or manually-run

machines in place of human craftsmanship

• Energy & transportation were key• Turning coal into iron & steel• Railroads, canals, etc. allow for trade

and movement of goods• Steam power and water wheels

• Puts North ahead of South due to fast moving rivers

……in the United States• For much of it’s early history, the

United States economy was based on agriculture in the North & South• Two events are going to spur the

Industrial Revolution & increase the divide between North / South 1. Jefferson’s Embargo Act of 18072. War of 1812

1. Why might these events encourage industry and manufacturing?

Mass Production (Vocab)

• The production of goods in large quantities using machines and division of labor

Mass Production

• Eli Whitney’s interchangeable parts will transform manufacturing as we know it• Presents his musket to President

Adams in 1801• Make the same product, over and over

again, with more speed & efficiency• No longer need skilled craftsmen, but

laborers• Leads to a growth in factories, for a

variety of products

Interchangeable Parts (Vocab)

• Standardized parts that can be used in place of one another

New England• New England – in the North – is going to enjoy the greatest

benefits from the Industrial Revolution• Agriculture had not been as profitable as it was in the South• Turned to shipping & trade• After War of 1812, turns to manufacturing

• Samuel Slater• British Immigrant• Lived in Rhode Island• Establishes mechanized factory• First to succeed• Made thread• 1793

Lowell Mill• Three men from Boston will almost single-handedly change

the American textile industry• Francis Cabot Lowell, Nathan Appleton, Patrick Tracy Jackson

• In 1813, they will open the first factory that will produce all of the stages in making textile (cloth)

• Lowell, Massachusetts• Named after Francis Cabot Lowell

• Lowell Mill is the symbol of Industrial Revolution in US

Lowell Girls

• Thousands of people would move to Lowell in search of work in the mills• Mostly young women who came due to family farms

struggling• Lived in “boarding houses”• Strict curfews• Behavior closely monitored• Church attendance was taken!• Conditions in the mills were bad (dark, damp, dangerous!)

• By 1838, 95% of New England’s work force in the mills was women

• Why women?

Quote from Lowell Girl

“Now I will tell you about our rules at the boarding house. We have none in particular except that we have to go to bed about 10. o'clock. At half past 4 in the morning the bell rings for us to

get up and at five for us to go into the mill. At seven we are called out to breakfast are allowed half an hour between bells and the same at noon till the first of May when we have three

quarters [of an hour] till the first of September. We have dinner at half past 12 and supper at seven.”

-Mary Paul, letter to father, 1846

Sounds like the good life, right? … Maybe not

“Cotton is King”

• At this time, the South has little reason to industrialize.• Cash crops were becoming highly

lucrative• Sugar, cotton, tobacco

• COTTON GIN (1793)• Eli Whitney – again!• Short for “cotton engine”• Short-staple cotton• Easier to grow, but hard to “clean”• Whitney solves this dilemma!

Slavery• The cotton gin does great things for

the Southern economy, but it will also lead to an expansion in slavery• Plantation owners can now grow

more and more cotton, needing more slaves to pick and clean the cotton• Cotton gin also made farming easier

for poor, non-slaveholder farmers• “Cotton Kingdom” will grow in

states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana• Cotton production UP = Slave

population UP

“American System”• As we have seen, the North and South are becoming more and

more different• “How can we unify?”

• In 1815, President James Madison presents an economic plan to congress• TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE;

• Define infrastructure• PROTECTIVE TARIFF;

• What is a tariff?• RESTORE NATIONAL BANK (had weakened during Jefferson)

• Henry Clay dubs this the “American System”

Infrastructure (Vocab)

• the basic structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.• Examples: buildings, roads, railroads,

canals•What is now included as infrastructure in

today’s society?

Infrastructure• Railroads• 1st steam engine is

built in 1825• Advantages of rail?

• National Road• Federal government

“experiment”• Began in 1811• Connects Maryland to

Illinois in 1838

• Erie Canal• Ushers in the

beginning of American engineering• Links Hudson River to

Lake Erie• Atlantic Ocean to Great

Lakes• Completed in 1825

Make a T-Chart

Northern Economy & Lifestyle Southern Economy & Lifestyle

Tariffs & National Bank• After War of 1812, British goods were available MUCH

CHEAPER than American goods• Tariff (vocab) is a way to “even the playing field”• Tariff = tax on IMPORTS

• Tariff of 1816• Who will most likely support a tariff?• Who will oppose it?

• Second Bank of the United States (1816)• Less controversial• Make nationwide currency available

• Leads to “Era of Good Feelings”• Madison was a Dem.-Rep. from Virginia but well liked even in

Federalist New England!

Immigrants• European immigration will continue to increase throughout

the 19th century• Usually avoid the South

• Why?

• Great Potato Famine in Ireland• Irish immigrants are most prominent during this period• Settle in New England cities like New York City and Boston• Face bitter prejudice

• Roman Catholic

Youth• In both the cities and on farms, most youth

activity was work-oriented• Energy & perseverance!• Adults at 14?

• School is not required until mid-1800s• Rural = One room school house• Only go when not needed on the farm

• City = some were tutored or went to private schools; most went to work in the city• Apprentices – later factory workers• No child labor laws at this time

Postcard Activity

• On your own…• Imagine that you are currently living in the United States

during this period. You have a friend or relative who lives in another part of the country.• You must:• Choose a region & occupation (job)• Ex. Female textile worker

• Write a short note (about 5 sentences) to your friend or relative that demonstrates your understanding of BOTH regions• What would your life look like? What might theirs be like?

• Draw and illustrate a picture or scene that represents the region you are writing from (ex. Lowell Mill)

EXTRA CREDIT for anyone’s who is selected for the wall!