CHANGES EAST TO WESTU.S. HistoryNovember 7 / 12, 2014

CHANGES EAST TO WEST• Objective:• Students will be able to study the

changes in society in regards to the industrial revolution and its effects on the United States.

• Purpose:• Examine the growth of the industrial

revolution in America in the East in relation to the expansion movement in the West.

• Standard(s):• 1.9 - Students will analyze how

different cultures, points of view, and self-interests influence compromise and conflict over territories, borders, and resources by utilizing one of the big 11 social studies skills.

• Historical Thinking Skill:• Cause & Consequence.

WARM-UP: QUICK-WRITE

• Quick Write: 5-7 minutes.

• If you had the chance to buy your parents a house twice the size of your current house (with their money, without their permission) would you do it?  Explain why or why not?

VIDEO: BRAIN-POP – WESTWARD EXPANSION

GROWTH AND EXPANSIONWest – Expansion

Gradual construction of a trans-continental railroad.

Building of forts and trading posts for settlers and pioneers.

Acquisition of territory and the formation of new states and republics.

Conflicts with Mexico, Native Americans, and other inhabitants.

East – Growth

Rapid industrialization.

Growth of cities and population boom.

Rise of factories and the growth of industrialized cities.

Construction of canals and federal roads and railroads.

South – Slow urban growth but emphasis on slave labor of cotton.

Work became more involved outside of the home.

Shopping replaced self-sufficient household items.

Railroads, federally funded & organized roads, river travel & canals.

Tenement housing: housing for urban poor people. Rapid population increase.

Postal & telegram communication.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 1790-1850Free-Enterprise System where companies compete for profits (capitalism).

Specialization in the factory: individual knowledge of specific tasks better sought.

Families worked in factories rather than at home.

Growth of textile industry. Factories make clothes now.

Cotton Gin – Machine that separates seeds from raw cotton.

Use of interchangeable parts in production.

King Cotton: Cotton Belt in the South. Included slavery.

Slavery considered as property vs. labor unions & “free” people.

CHAPTER 8: PERSONAL DICTIONARY• Section 1:• 1. Industrial

Revolution• 2. Market

Revolution• 3. Free-

Enterprise System

• 4. Specialization

• 5. Investment Capital

• 6. Bank Note

• Section 2:• 1. Section• 2. Rural• 3. Urban

• Section 3:• 1. Cotton

Belt• 2. Turner’s

Rebellion

• Section 4:• 1.

Dartmouth College vs. Woodward

• 2. McCulloch vs. Maryland

• 3. Gibbons vs. Ogden

• 4. American System

• Section 5:

• 1. Tariff of 1828

• 2. Nullify• 3. States’

Rights• 4. Secede• 5. Indian

Removal Act

• 6. Trail of Tears