https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c en-us 2016-11-08 15:27:19 UTC 2024-10-15 22:22:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136132255 -army of muscular axmen triumphantly carving civilization out of the western woods]]> 2016-11-08 15:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136132255 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136136443 -poorly fed, ill-clad, housed in shanties, victims of disease, depression, and premature death
-women- cut off from human contact
-Americans- ill-informed, superstitious, provincial, and individualistic ]]> 2016-11-08 16:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136136443 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136141756 -canals connected to main river to make a network of waterways for transporting coal and heavy goods, also moved slow
-places where canals couldn't be dug, mine owners made railroads and provided another way to transport coal and other goods]]> 2016-11-08 16:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136141756 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136158830 -invented by Robert Fulton 
-first commercially successfully steamboat, the Clermont (nickname Fulton's Folly) 
-steamboats played a vital role in opening the west and south 
-provided access to markets at a lower cost in the west for agriculture 
-The General Pike ]]> 2016-11-08 16:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136158830 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136289544 -South relied on  cotton
-after factories flourished in New England, they branched out into NY, NJ, and Pennsylvania 
-sewing machine- invented by Elias Howe in 1846 and perfected by Isaac Singer, became the foundation for the clothing industry]]> 2016-11-09 03:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136289544 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136368451 -spinning yarn, weaving cloth, and making candles, soap, butter, and cheese
-factory jobs promised greater economic independence 
-Factory girls-young women employed in growing factories of the early 19th century, labored long hours in difficult conditions
-cult of domesticity- married women got greater authority to shape home life but limited opportunities outside the domestic sphere ]]> 2016-11-09 12:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136368451 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136375213 -1831, mechanized harvest of grains (wheat), allowing farmers to caltivate larger plots, promote large-scale commercial agriculture in Midwest ]]> 2016-11-09 13:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136375213 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136376359 -turnpike- privately funded, toil-based public road constructed in early 19th century to facilitate commerce]]> 2016-11-09 13:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136376359 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136376996 -Erie Canal-1825 NY State canal that links Lake Erie to Hudson River, lowers shipping costs, increasing profitability of farming in Old Northwest]]> 2016-11-09 13:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136376996 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136377922 -railroads- flying sparks could set fire to haystacks and houses, brakes didn't function that well]]> 2016-11-09 13:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136377922 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136379417 -the National Road or Cumberland Road was the first highway built by federal gov.
-canals competed with railroads
-Manifest Destiny, land developers, railroad magnates, and other investors]]> 2016-11-09 13:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136379417 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136437728 -families were having fewer children
-children were viewed as the future]]> 2016-11-09 15:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136437728 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136438360 2016-11-09 15:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136438360 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136439222 -women were influenced by religious movement and fought for temperance and abolitionist movements 
-they were expected to be religious and homemakers ]]> 2016-11-09 15:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136439222 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136441482 2016-11-09 15:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136441482 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136441816 2016-11-09 15:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136441816 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136442108 2016-11-09 15:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136442108 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136442420 2016-11-09 15:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136442420 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136442879 2016-11-09 15:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136442879 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136443281 2016-11-09 15:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136443281 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136443681 2016-11-09 15:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136443681 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136444114 2016-11-09 15:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136444114 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136444495 2016-11-09 15:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136444495 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136444866 2016-11-09 15:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136444866 258519 https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136445773 2016-11-09 15:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/258519/7zq34sn2gg0c/wish/136445773