Goal Two – Expansion And Reform 1816 To 1848

The Market Revolution I. Market Revolution A. Textile Production and Cotton Possible Test Questions 1. Northern textile mills grew quickly during the early 1800s 1. 2. Eli Whitney’s idea of making ______which would provide standardization in machinery. This allowed for ______of goods which were shipped out of New England ports. The economy of the northern states ______3. Whitney’s invention of the ______increased cotton production and the cotton trade to European and northern United States industries. With the increased production of cotton, more ______and ______were needed. Therefore, southerners began to look to the ______for more farm land. 2. 4. As more factories were built in or near northern cities, a greater need for ______arose a. During the 1830s and 1840s, immigration from ______and ______countries increased b. most of the low wage, factory workers were ______5. Lowell System a. Lowell, Massachusetts became the site of one of the largest textile mills of its time b. almost the entire workforce of this factory were ______(aged 17 to 21) who were sent from the farms to work 3. c. most worked ______weeks earning between ______per week d. they were housed in dorms with strict rules and schedules

B. The American System 1. ______came up with the idea for creating a national economy. There were 3 parts to his plan: a. strong banking system – ______b. a ______– benefit industry of the northeast c. good network of ______and ______2. Road construction a. need for connecting the regions of the country b. the ______was built from ______on the Potomac River to 4. Wheeling, West Virginia on the______, it later continued on to Vandalia, Illinois. 3. River travel a. to increase the amount of goods shipped on the Ohio, Mississippi, and other major rivers, ______invented the ______This allowed boats to travel up and down the rivers easily which opened up the interior part of the country to more settlement. 4. Canals a. canals were built where rivers did not naturally flow, or to 5. make traveling over rapids and elevation changes more easy b. the most famous and longest canal was the______, built from ______on Lake Erie to ______on the Hudson River. This canal connected the ______to the ______5. Most canals and roads constructed from 1815 to 1850 were in the ______part of the country, particularly on or near the ______6. As more people began to migrate westward for ______in the Ohio and Mississippi River 6. valleys, new inventions developed a. John Deere – ______b. Cyrus McCormick – ______c. Samuel Morse - ______