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American Population Density, 1820
American Population Density, 1860
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The Changing American PopulationThe Changing American Population– Immigration and Urban Growth, 1840-Immigration and Urban Growth, 1840-
18601860 Rapid UrbanizationRapid Urbanization
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Transportations, Communications, Transportations, Communications, and Technologyand Technology– The Canal AgeThe Canal Age
SteamboatsSteamboats Economic Economic
Advantages Advantages
of Canalsof Canals The Erie CanalThe Erie Canal
Canals in the NE, 1823-1860
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Railroad Growth, 1850-1860
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Transportations, Communications, Transportations, Communications, and Technologyand Technology– The Triumph The Triumph
of the Railsof the Rails ConsolidationConsolidation
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Transportations, Communications, and Transportations, Communications, and TechnologyTechnology– Innovations in Communications Innovations in Communications
and Journalismand Journalism The TelegraphThe Telegraph The Associated PressThe Associated Press Fueling Sectional DiscordFueling Sectional Discord
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Commerce and IndustryCommerce and Industry– The Emergence of the FactoryThe Emergence of the Factory
Transformation of the Shoe IndustryTransformation of the Shoe Industry The Industrial NortheastThe Industrial Northeast
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Men and Women at WorkMen and Women at Work– Recruiting a Native Work ForceRecruiting a Native Work Force
Transformation of American AgricultureTransformation of American Agriculture The Lowell The Lowell
SystemSystem
Lowell, Massachusetts, 1832
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Patterns of Industrial SocietyPatterns of Industrial Society– The Rich and the PoorThe Rich and the Poor
Increasing Inequality in WealthIncreasing Inequality in Wealth The Urban PoorThe Urban Poor African-American PovertyAfrican-American Poverty
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Patterns of Industrial SocietyPatterns of Industrial Society– Social MobilitySocial Mobility
Social MobilitySocial Mobility
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Patterns of Industrial SocietyPatterns of Industrial Society– Middle-Class LifeMiddle-Class Life
Rapidly Expanding Middle ClassRapidly Expanding Middle Class New Household InventionsNew Household Inventions Growing Class DistinctionsGrowing Class Distinctions
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Patterns of Industrial SocietyPatterns of Industrial Society– Women and the “Cult of Domesticity”Women and the “Cult of Domesticity”
Female EducationFemale Education New Roles for WomenNew Roles for Women Women’s Separate SphereWomen’s Separate Sphere Benefits and CostsBenefits and Costs Working Class WomenWorking Class Women
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Patterns of Industrial SocietyPatterns of Industrial Society– Leisure ActivitiesLeisure Activities
Minstrel ShowsMinstrel Shows P.T. BarnumP.T. Barnum
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The Agricultural NorthThe Agricultural North– The Old NorthwestThe Old Northwest
Industrialization in the Old NorthwestIndustrialization in the Old Northwest Agricultural SpecializationAgricultural Specialization Growing Ties between Northeast and Growing Ties between Northeast and
NorthwestNorthwest New Agricultural TechniquesNew Agricultural Techniques Deere Plow and McCormick ReaperDeere Plow and McCormick Reaper
