https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv 1815-1860 en-us 2019-11-04 14:51:22 UTC 2026-02-18 14:55:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407557520 After the civil war, technology took a big part in modernizing America with the inventions of cars, telephones, cameras, and many other new things.]]> 2019-11-06 16:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407557520 burben20 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407565355 The impact of steam technology on the economies of the South and West was staggering. The presence of dependable transportation on the Mississippi drew cotton cultivation farther into the nation’s interior, western farmers flooded into the Ohio Valley, and fur trappers and traders pressed up the Missouri River.]]> 2019-11-06 16:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407565355 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407567491 As cities expanded it gave the middle class americans more opportunities.]]> 2019-11-06 16:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407567491 burben20 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407567679 Peter Cooper's steam locomotive that went 13 miles on the B&O Railroad

]]> 2019-11-06 16:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407567679 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407568654 A big downfall of the urbanization of America is that as the cities were growing, the population of the "disadvantaged" began to rise.]]> 2019-11-06 16:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407568654 burben20 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407571868 In the cotton country, Indians had already cleared large expanses of land for agriculture. With Indians dying of disease, southern frontiersman could plant corn and cotton quickly and reap early profits with minimum labor]]> 2019-11-06 16:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407571868 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407575486 Louis sullivan constructed this building in 1890 saying he wanted to build a "proud and soaring thing"]]> 2019-11-06 16:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407575486 burben20 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407580189 Blue collar workers lived in tenements, replacing the open fields and clusters of small homes that once had dominated the urban landscape. Large houses formerly occupied by domestic manufacturers and their apprentices were broken up into tiny apartments by profit-hungry speculators who rented them to desperate laborers. In cities like New York, laborers lived fifty to a house in some working-class areas. ]]> 2019-11-06 17:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407580189 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407583390 Not many city streets were paved. Most became mud holes in the rain, made dust clouds in dry weather, and froze ruts in the winter. ]]> 2019-11-06 17:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407583390 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407584791 Chicago in 1890 had 2,048 miles of streets. Only 629 miles were paved with wooden blocks.]]> 2019-11-06 17:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/407584791 burben20 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408072099 As the population soared, sewage disposal, drinking water, and trash removal became difficult to provide.]]> 2019-11-07 14:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408072099 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408072653 With the creation of roads this road was built in the 19th century. It spanned from Nashville to New Orleans and was named after Andrew Jackson because he was the hero of the battle of New Orleans.]]> 2019-11-07 14:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408072653 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408074918 2019-11-07 14:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408074918 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408078554 in the 1840's the Irish became the largest immigration group due to the irish potato famine]]> 2019-11-07 14:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408078554 https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408079399 French speaking Canadians moved to america due to a land shortage. settled on the east coast of new England and seeked to work at textile mills.]]> 2019-11-07 14:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/barry_coleman/buzdw4e3g8fv/wish/408079399