Page 1:  Fertile Land
    Westward migration, 1810 map
    Roads, 1810 map
    Ohio River, 1810
    Great Lakes, 1810 map
    Population growth, 1790-1810 map
    Stage coaches and turnpikes, 1810 map

Page 2:  The Big Ditch
    Erie Canal, 1825 map
    Canal transportation, 1830
    Canal locks, 1830
    Great Falls and Middlesex Canals, 1820s
    Erie Canal engineering, 1825
    Bargemen and Mules, Erie Canal

Page 3:  Working Faster
    Early machinery, 1800s
    English mills, 1800s
    Slater Mill, 1800
    Cotton Gin, 1800
    War of 1812
    Waltham factory, 1820

Page 4:  Big Ideas
    Lowell Mills, 1820s
    Pawtucket Dam on Merrimack River
    Engineering Challenge, Lowell Canal, 1820
    Lowell Mills growth, 1820-1850 maps
    Lowell Chief Engineer
    Lowell Mills canals, 1850 map

Page 5:  The Textile Business
    Textile industry, 1820s
    Carding process, 1830
    Spinning process, 1830
    Power looms
    Lowell mill girls, 1800s
    Lowell worker housing, 1800s

Page 6:  Standardized Boxes
    First Lowell Mill, 1821
    Textile mill layout, 1830s
    Roving and Slivers, 1830
    Spinning equipment, 1830
    Power looms, 1830
    Leather belt power transmission

Page 7:  Mighty Steam
    James Watt and steam power
    Steam pressure
    Early steam engines
    Early steamboats, 1820
    First locomotives in service, 1830s
    First steam fire engine, 1841

Page 8:  Transportation Boom
    Canals and cotton, 1830
    River steamboats, 1830
    Flatboats and packet ships, 1830
    Main roads, 1830
    Cotton plantations, 1830s
    The Frontier, 1830 map

Page 9:  Growing Wealth
    Growing wealth, 1830
    Growing cities, 1830
    Investors and capital, 1830
    Banks and bank notes, 1830
    Early corporations, 1810-1850
    Bank panics, 1837

Page 10: Indian Removal Act
    Indian Removal Act, 1830 map
    Oklahoma Indian reservation, 1830 map
    Potawatomi Indian removal, 1833 map
    Cotton plantations and slavery, 1840 map
    First railroads, 1840 map
    Railroads, Canals and Roads, 1840 map

Page 11: Boom!
    Railroads cross the Mississippi, 1850 map
    Canal Fever, 1850 map
    Telegraph lines, 1850 map
    Northern railroads, 1850 map
    Southern cotton and railroads, 1850 map
    King Cotton, 1850

Page 12: Going really West
    Oregon Trail and Gold Rush, 1849 map
    Oregon Trail, 1850 map
    California Gold Rush, 1849
    Clipper ships, 1850s
    Whalers, 1850s map
    Whaling kill map, 1800s

Page 13: Separate Regions
    Population migration routes, 1850 map
    Spread of slavery, 1850 map
    Free and slave states, 1850 map
    Regional power shifting west, 1850
    Senate seat balance, 1850 map
    Mexican War, 1846-1848 map

Page 14: Mid-Century America
    Boston Dominates the East, 1850
    Boston, 1850
    Pittsburgh, 1850
    Pennsylvania, 1850
    Massachusetts, 1850
    Louisville, 1850

Page 15: America's New Heartland
    Detroit, 1850
    Chicago, 1850
    Wisconsin and Ohio, 1850
    Mississippi and Missouri rivers, 1850
    Minnesota Territory, 1850
    Dakota Territory, 1850

Page 16: Wild West
    San Francisco, 1850
    San Francisco, 1850s
    Sacramento, 1850
    Southern California, 1850
    Western Territories, 1850
    Trails heading west, 1850

Page 17: Land, Business, Technology
    Population growth, 1750-1850 map
    Government land sales, 1800-1860
    Population density measures
    Manufacturing and Investment, 1850 map
    Mix of Crops and Livestock, 1850
    Changing cities, 1850