https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq en-us 2016-11-04 13:15:13 UTC 2026-03-17 03:16:24 UTC hello@padlet.com 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258477 -Legend portrays an army of muscular axmen triumphantly carving civilization out of the western woods. 
In reality life was downright grim for most pioneer families; Poorly fed, ill-clad, housed in hastily erected shanties 
-Loneliness haunted them, especially the women, who were often cut off from human contact, even their neighbors, for days or even weeks; Breakdowns and even madness were all too frequently the “opportunities” that the frontier offered to pioneer women.]]> 2016-11-08 22:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258477 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258522 -It opened more land and populated more cities
-It carried raw materials to factories and carried finished products to consumers
-The economy also boosted ]]> 2016-11-08 22:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258522 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258570 -The railroad was the most important economic development
-It was fast, reliable, cheaper than canals to construct, and not frozen over in winter. ]]> 2016-11-08 22:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258570 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258744 -Cheap and efficient carriers were imperative if raw materials were to be transported to factories and if finished products were to be delivered to consumers
-The transformations in the Northeast—canal consequences—showed how long-established local market structures could be swamped by the emerging behemoth of a continental economy
-Railroad was fast, reliable, cheaper than canals to construct, and not frozen over in winter. Able to go almost anywhere, even through the Allegheny barrier, it defied terrain and weather]]> 2016-11-08 22:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258744 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258765 -Farmers were helped by new inventions, it allowed them to plant new crops which provided more food for families 
-Laborers were affected by  more inventions and factories, which led to more jobs and more immigrants
-Factories led to less homemade goods and made women have fewer children; unmarried women could work in a factory
- (Advantages) More products, more competition, technology advances, women had larger roles, and territorial expansion
-(Disadvantages) Dangerous factory conditions, strikes, little pay, and long hours]]> 2016-11-08 22:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258765 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258836 https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/gilded-age/essays/history-times-industrial-revolution
-Factory primary source]]> 2016-11-08 22:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258836 315283 https://padlet.com/315283/xa3ybe26hzgq/wish/136258869 http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/viewdetails.aspx?TopicId=&PrimarySourceId=1018
-Westward migration primary source

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