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7) As you read this chapter, can you combine the information from the primary source excerpts, tables, figures, maps, and text to create a persuasive understanding of westward migration and demographic changes in the United States from 1790 to 1860?

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7) As you read this chapter, can you combine the information from the primary source excerpts, tables, figures, maps, and text to create a persuasive understanding of westward migration and demographic changes in the United States from 1790 to 1860?

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Andrew Jackson was the first president who was from beyond the Appalachian Mountains and strongly supported westward migration.  In 1860 after farmers wanted more land to produce more crop westward expansion allowed for cheap land that they could grow crops on.  The demographic was a white majority but changing as more foreigners began to move for a chance for weath.

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6) In this chapter, the authors maintain that “clearly the early factory system did not shower its benefits evenly on all.” What relevant historical evidence can you find in this chapter or the previous ones that supports, modifies, or refutes this assertion?

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6) In this chapter, the authors maintain that “clearly the early factory system did not shower its benefits evenly on all.” What relevant historical evidence can you find in this chapter or the previous ones that supports, modifies, or refutes this assertion?

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I support the statement that the early factory system did not shower its benefits evenly to all.  In most of the factories hours were long and the buildings were unsanitary.  It was often hard to get a solid meal and child labor was very common and they would get paid less.  Women would also work more hours for less pay.

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5) What caused the market and transportation revolutions of the nineteenth century? As you read this chapter, how many different reasons for the development of these changes can you identify?

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5) What caused the market and transportation revolutions of the nineteenth century? As you read this chapter, how many different reasons for the development of these changes can you identify?

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The marked and transportation revolution occurred because recent inventions of the mechanical reaper and other forms of inventions to improve farming.  The success of the Erie Canal inspired contrition of more ways to get around.

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4) What effects did the movement from a subsistence to a market economy have on American society, including farmers, laborers, and women? What were the advantages and disadvantages of the change?

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4) What effects did the movement from a subsistence to a market economy have on American society, including farmers, laborers, and women? What were the advantages and disadvantages of the change?

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With many new inventions farmers were able to plant more crops and provide for more people (grew cash crops).  Farm women and girls switched from spinning yarn at home to working in the factories that could crank out cloth much faster.  This caused women to have more economic independence.  The increased amount of factories in the country led to more jobs as well as more immigration in to the nation.  Advantages included lower priced goods, tighter family units, and technological improvements disadvantages included long work hours in dangerous conditions and a greater gap between the rich and the poor.

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3) Which technological innovation was most important for early-nineteenth-century economic development?

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3) Which technological innovation was most important for early-nineteenth-century economic development?

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The steamboat was invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton and it completely changed naval transportation.  Traveling upstream at a quick pace was now possible and it did not rely on wind and weather or effectively operate.

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2) Why was transportation—particularly the canals and the railroads—so important in the early stages of industrialization?

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2) Why was transportation—particularly the canals and the railroads—so important in the early stages of industrialization?

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Transportation made it easier to trade not only from the north to south, but from the east to south, but from the east to west.  Manufactured goods could be dispersed all across the country much faster than before; railroads and canals boosted commerce.  One example is the Eerie Canal, which is connected the Great Lakes to NY.

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1) How does the image of the frontier compare with the reality of pioneer life as described in the chapter?

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1) How does the image of the frontier compare with the reality of pioneer life as described in the chapter?

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The picture portrays the American dream of manifest destiny and shows Americans trading nicely with the Indians.  It failed to depict how tough and crude life on the frontier could be.  Many times people failed to work together.