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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 |
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