Chapter 9 the Transformation of American Society

AP US History

Chapter 9 – The Transformation of American Society

Identifications: After reading Chapter 9, you should be able to identify and explain the historical significance of each of the following:

Alexis de Tocqueville western land speculation Democracy in America Panic of 1819 John Jacob Astor Robert Fulton Jedidiah Smith, Kit Carson, Jim Gibbons v. Ogden Beckwourth Erie Canal National Road Transportation Revolution Five Civilized Tribes Samuel Slater Indian Removal Act of 1830 cottage industry Cherokee Indians Eli Whitney’s interchangeable parts Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Lowell girls Worchester v. Georgia NYC’s Five Points District Trail of Tears Richard Allen Black Hawk War separate spheres Eli Whitney’s cotton gin temperance movement market economy workingmen’s parties

Thought Questions:

1. Discuss the transportation revolution of the period 1815-1840. What economic, political, and social impact did those changes have on the country?

2. Alexis de Tocqueville was impressed by the “general equality of condition among the people.” Writing about the same period, NY merchant Philip Hone stated, “the two extremes of costly luxury in living, expensive establishments, and improvident waste are presented in daily and hourly contrast with squalid misery and hopeless destitution.” How do you account for these very different assessments?

3. Discuss the federal government’s policy toward Native Americans during the period 1815-1840.

4. What stimulated northeastern manufacturing in the years after the War of 1812? How did New England lead the way in industrialization?