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Page 1: Fertile Land
Westward migration, 1810 map
Roads, 1810 map
Population growth, 1790-1810 map
Page 2: The Big Ditch
Erie Canal, 1825 map
Canal transportation, 1830
Canal locks, 1830
Page 3: Working Faster
Early machinery, 1800s
Cotton Gin, 1800
Waltham factory, 1820
Page 4: Big Ideas
Lowell Mills, 1820s
Pawtucket Dam on Merrimack River
Engineering Challenge, Lowell Canal, 1820
Page 5: Pushing the Envelope
Lowell Mills growth, 1820-1850 maps
Lowell Chief Engineer
Lowell Mills canals, 1850 map
Page 6: The Textile Business
Textile industry, 1820s
Power looms
Textile mill layout, 1830s
| Page 7: Mighty Steam
James Watt and steam power
Steam pressure
Early steam engines
Page 8: Transportation Boom
Canals and cotton, 1830
River steamboats, 1830
The Frontier, 1830 map
Page 9: Growing Wealth
Growing wealth, 1830
Banks and bank notes, 1830
Early corporations, 1810-1850
Page 10: Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal Act, 1830 map
Cotton plantations and slavery, 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
Page 12: Mountains of White
King Cotton, 1850
Southern cotton and railroads, 1850 map
Northern railroads, 1850 map
| Page 13: Going really West
California Gold Rush, 1850
Oregon Trail, 1850 map
California Gold Rush, 1849
Page 14: Separate Regions
Population migration routes, 1850 map
Spread of slavery, 1850 map
Mexican War, 1846-1848 map
Page 15: Mid-Century America
Boston, 1850
Pittsburgh, 1850
Louisville, 1850
Page 16: America's New Heartland
Detroit, 1850
Chicago, 1850
Wisconsin and Ohio, 1850
Page 17: Wild West
San Francisco, 1850
San Francisco, 1850s
Southern California, 1850 Page 18: Land, Business, Technology
Population growth, 1750-1850 map
Government land sales, 1800-1860
Manufacturing and Investment, 1850 map |
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